Telegram

Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging app known for speed, security, and large group capabilities (up to 200,000 members). It supports end-to-end encrypted secret chats, bots, channels for broadcasting, file sharing up to 4GB, and is popular with startup communities, developer groups, and crypto projects. Over 900 million monthly active users.

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