Correct answer: Nikolai Durov.

An unexpected result. More than half of the people answered correctly 😳

Everyone knows Pavel Durov, but what about Nikolay? Judging by the poll results, there are still people who don't know about him. But he is one of the key developers of Telegram and wrote the TON Blockchain Whitepaper.

Nikolay Durov was born on November 21, 1980 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). He is the elder brother of Pavel Durov. During his school years he was considered a prodigy, winning many international Math and Informatics Olympiads. He graduated from St. Petersburg State University, where he received the title of Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 2005. In 2007 he received his PhD at the University of Bonn.

From 2006 to 2014, Nikolay Durov helped his brother create the VKontakte social network, and was the company's Lead Developer. Since 2013, he has been a key developer of Telegram. In 2021, he is the author of the TON Whitepaper.

We also know from a recent interview with Pavel Durov that his brother is working on artificial intelligence. And we have no doubt that this AI will outshine all the current AIs

The technical advantages that VKontakte, Telegram and TON have are largely due to Nikolai Durov personally.

Hopefully, today you learned a little more about the creator of the blockchain, which will still show itself in this bull market (late 2025-early 2026). But the most interesting is yet to come. TON has the potential to bypass not only Solana, but also Ethereum in the next crypto cycle (until the end of 2029)! The potential of TON simply blows away any EVM blockchain. Save this message and see you in 2029!

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Durov

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