Developing social channels based on exchanging a single message isn’t exactly new, of course. Back in 2014, the “Yo” app was launched with the sole purpose of enabling users to send each other the greeting “Yo.” Matt Hussey, editorial director of NEAR Protocol (and former editor-in-chief of Decrypt) responded to the news of the Telegram group with “#meIRL.” Each account can create up to 10 public channels Image: Telegram. End-to-end encryption is an important feature in messaging, as it's the first step in protecting users from surveillance.
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