Today, October 3, the popular messaging platform Telegram, known for its strong connection to the world of cryptocurrencies, experienced major service outages affecting several countries, according to reports from Downdetector and Outage.Report. If you are a cryptocurrency user or simply use Telegram to communicate, this is of interest to you. Here we explain everything you need to know in a simple way.
What Happened?
Users in countries including Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Germany, and more reported connection issues with Telegram from 10:30am UTC on October 3. Some were unable to send or receive messages, while others were unable to connect to the app at all. While a minor outage was reported the day before, this was a much broader issue.