Telegram founder Pavel Durov has initiated the creation of his own .gram domain zone. This innovation will allow account owners to turn their usernames into fully functional websites.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine (Ольга Завада) citing Pavlo Durov, according to the portal PromPolitInform.
If this initiative is approved by the international corporation ICANN, over a billion users of the platform will be able to obtain individual second-level domains. These addresses will be automatically integrated with existing public usernames in the messenger.
Specifically, every public account will be transformed into a web address, with the username serving as the basis for the domain. For instance, the account named @durov will have the address durov.gram.
Simplifying website deployment and new technical capabilities
In addition, users and software developers will gain a tool for rapid deployment of interactive web pages. Such resources can be launched using a single command and will be hosted directly on Telegram’s server infrastructure.
The implementation of the new system is expected to significantly simplify the process of setting up network projects. This will also substantially expand the capabilities of the messenger’s internal ecosystem.
Protection against external blocking and sanction-related risks
The decision to register and launch its own domain zone followed technical issues with the short address t.me in July. At that time, the web page temporarily went offline worldwide due to actions taken by DomainME, the Montenegrin company administering the .me zone.
The restriction was imposed at the request of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury. During the outage, the messenger redirected traffic to the backup domain telegram.me until the main address was restored within 24 hours.
Switching to the proprietary .gram zone is designed to safeguard the information system from similar sanction and operational risks in the future.
Photo: Павло Дуров
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