Telegram Contests

🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 2: Results We were pleased to find out that 11 out of 18 winners of Round 1 decided to continue the competition and joined the next stage of the JavaScript Contest. This time, the contestants took on the challenge of both implementing the beautifully redesigned panel for emoji, stickers, and GIFs, and addressing the issues we outlined in their Round 1 submissions. We encourage the pursuit of excellence and were glad to see the progress many contestants achieved. Meet the winners! 2nd PLACE – $3,500 🥈 Huge Cobra 🥈 Hip Hyena 🥈 Cuddly Lion 3rd PLACE – $2,500 🥉 Nice Elk 🥉 Tactful Whale 🥉 Dark Squid 4th PLACE – $1,500 🎖 Ace Squid 🎖 Slim Piranha 🎖 Kooky Cow 🎖 Small Fly Meanwhile, Desert Falcon claimed a $1,000 bonus. Congratulations to all the winners – and Happy Sunday to everyone!

ContestBot is now ready to accept submissions for the Contest for Content Creators. Start the bot, choose “Contest for Content Creators”, answer the bot’s questions, then send: – A link to either a private or public channel where your video is uploaded. Your video may include an optional description and any additional details in its caption. – An archive containing your video in its original resolution. You may also include source files if the video was created using specialized software.

You can submit your work until 23:59 Dubai time on May 27 – we’re giving you an extra 24 hours to properly prepare your submission. Please note that late submissions will not be accepted.

💡 You may optionally upload your video to Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, or X using the hashtag #TelegramYearsAhead after the deadline – and share the link in your submissions channel in a separate post. Note: Your channel may stay private until the deadline. Make sure you assign it a username after the deadline. We will discard private channels from the evaluation.

🏆 Contest for Content Creators Prize fund: Up to $50,000 Deadline: 23:59 Dubai time @ May 26th, 2025 Who can participate: Everyone Results: June 2025 📱 Telegram is launching its first-ever contest for content creators. The Task: Create a video that highlights the innovation leadership of Telegram over WhatsApp by showcasing how Telegram introduced key features years before WhatsApp copied or adopted them. Requirements: – All on-screen text and spoken content must be in English; – Your video must be no longer than 180 seconds; – You can get inspired by the materials we’ve provided; – You may use Al tools as a supplementary aid. Evaluation Criteria:

Clarity, visual impact, meme potential, and virality. Your video should be well-suited for platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and other short-form vertical formats.

Submissions: We will publish instructions how to submit your work closer to the deadline.

@ContestBot is now ready to accept submissions for the JavaScript Contest, Round 2. New deadline: 23:59 on April 27 (Dubai time) Build the application, then prepare:

- A ZIP-archive with the following structure: -> dist - folder with the build. -> src - folder with the app's source code. -> contest.md – a text file that briefly describes the approach used for each task. - A link to the commit on a public GitHub repository, forked from the Telegram Web A repository.

Your repository may stay private until the deadline.

🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 2 Prize fund: $25,000 Deadline: 23:59 on April 23 (Dubai time) Who can participate: Only winners from Round 1 are eligible Results: May 2025 THE TASK 1. Address your Round 1 issues. (A list of issues will be provided for each submission within the next 72 hours.) 2. Implement the new ESG panel based on the provided mockups. ___ Contest Requirements: – No third-party frameworks and libraries are allowed. – The changes you introduce must not affect the app’s performance or stability. – The submission must be consistent with the existing Web A codebase. – Your implementation must work flawlessly on mobile and desktop Chrome (across Linux, macOS, Windows) and Safari on iOS and macOS. ❗Your app must precisely follow the provided design mockups. Submissions: Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline. P.S. Winners may be offered a chance to explore further opportunities with Telegram.

🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 1: Results After many hours of testing and deliberation, we are now ready to announce the results! Reworking a text editor – essentially a core component of a messaging app – posed numerous challenges due to the wide range of formatting options and other entities, such as custom emoji. None of the contestants were able to secure first place, yet we have increased the prize fund for Round 1 by more than 13% to fairly recognize the efforts of the participants. The judges unanimously agreed to move forward with a second round – which begins immediately. This time, only the winners of Round 1 will be eligible to participate. More details – in the post below. And now – meet the winners! 2nd PLACE – $3,000 🥈 Huge Cobra 🥈 Hip Hyena 🥈 Cuddly Lion 🥈 Posh Ram 🥈 Small Fly 🥈 Nice Elk 3rd PLACE – $2,000 🥉 Smart Mantis 🥉 Kooky Cow 🥉 Dark Squid 🥉 Fierce Bull 4th PLACE – $1,000 🎖 Ace Squid 🎖 Slim Piranha 🎖 Fit Shark 🎖 Desert Falcon 🎖 Fluffy Yak 🎖 Tactful Whale 🎖 Small Dragon 🎖 Shiny Cat We will publish a detailed list of issues for each submission within the next 72 hours on contest.com.

🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 1: Update The judges have completed the evaluation of all submissions. The Main Task – reworking the text editor – proved to be quite challenging for the majority of contestants. We’ve decided to expand the scope of this contest. Final scoring is currently underway, and we will announce the results on April 8, 2025, along with the details for Round 2.

We are attaching a breakdown of the Final Results for each submission. 1. Final Results: Initially, for preliminary testing published on contest.com, we ran each test in a separate process. This allowed us to fully evaluate even solutions that crashed or hung on specific tests. However, this method disrupted many participants' performance optimizations and introduced substantial noise into the results. Therefore, for the final evaluation, we executed all tests in a single process using a grader closely resembling the provided contest-grader.cpp. Consequently, solutions that crashed or hung on any test received a final score of 0. 2. Post-Contest Corrections: After announcing preliminary results, several participants submitted bug fixes via comments on contest.com. Although we typically do not accept post-contest corrections, one corrected solution turned out to be significantly faster than any solution submitted during the contest. As an exception, we decided to evaluate all corrected submissions and include them in the final standings. To maintain fairness, these late submissions incurred a 20% penalty on the prize amounts awarded.

💎 Blockchain Contest: Results (PART II) We are now ready to announce the results of the TON Block Validation Challenge! A couple of entries among the winners were penalized because they failed some of the tests and had to refine their solutions based on the issues identified by the judges. 1st PLACE 🥇 Classy Sloth – $13,600; penalties: – tests partial failure (–$3,400) 🥇 Magic Gopher – $13,000 🥇 Rich Leopard – $10,000 🥇 Large Panda – $8,000; penalties: – tests partial failure (–$2,000) 2nd PLACE 🥈 Sweet Yak – $6,000 🥈 Shiny Giraffe – $6,000 🥈 Mindful Kitten – $5,000 🥈 Giant Hare – $5,000 🥈 Huge Dolphin – $4,000 🥈 Fairy Shark – $4,000 3rd PLACE 🥉 Fair Horse – $3,000 🥉 Eager Turtle – $3,000 🥉 Sleek Pony – $2,000 🥉 Posh Turkey – $2,000 🥉 Neat Horse – $2,000 🥉 Daring Yak – $2,000 4th PLACE 🎖 Desert Eagle – $1,000 🎖 Nimble Gopher – $1,000 🎖 Tactful Hare – $1,000 🎖 Gifted Ram – $1,000 🎖 Grim Antelope – $1,000 🎖 Savvy Pug – $1,000 Congratulations to the winners!

💎 Blockchain Contest: Results (PART I) We are happy to announce the results of TON Trustless Bridge Challenge! 1st PLACE 🥇 Daring Yak – $15,000 🥇 Fluffy Lemur – $11,000 🥇 Subtle Swallow – $11,000 🥇 Shiny Giraffe – $9,500 🥇 Calm Turkey – $9,000 🥇 Keen Fox – $7,500 2nd PLACE 🥈 Regal Scorpion – $5,000 🥈 Small Shrimp – $4,000 🥈 Cool Kangaroo – $3,000 🥈 Mad Otter – $2,500 🥈 Merry Gnu – $2,500 🥈 Tall Llama – $2,500 3rd PLACE 🥈 Cute Giraffe – $2,000 🥈 Holy Lynx – $2,000 🥈 Swift Flamingo – $1,500 🥈 Slim Elk – $1,000 🥈 Kind Horse – $1,000 4th PLACE 🎖️ Fairy Zebra – $500 🎖️ Earnest Wasp – $300 🎖️ Grim Hawk – $300 🎖️ Sacred Hare – $300 We appreciate your patience as we finalize the results for the Block Validation Challenge, which are coming later this week. Thank you for your understanding. Congratulations to the winners, and happy Monday to you all!

@ContestBot is now ready to accept submissions for the JavaScript Contest, Round 1. New deadline: 23:59 on February 22nd (Dubai time) We are extending the deadline to give all contestants enough time to properly prepare their submissions. Please prepare your submission at least 2–3 hours before the deadline and avoid uploading until the last moment, as late submissions will not be accepted. Build the application, then prepare: - A ZIP-archive with the following structure:

 
-> dist - folder with the build.
-> src - folder with the app's source code.
-> contest.md – a text file that briefly describes the approach used for each task.

- A link to the commit on a public GitHub repository, forked from the Telegram Web A repository. Your repository may stay private until the deadline.

💎 Blockchain Contest, Round 1 Update The judges have completed their evaluation. For details, kindly refer to the issues for each submission. • Block Validation Challenge Final tests • Trustless Bridge Challenge Assessment criteria The final results will be announced on Monday.

ContestBot is now ready to accept submissions for Blockchain Contest Round 1. Start the bot, choose either challenge, answer the bot’s questions, then send: for “TON Block Validation Challenge” an archive containing the following:

– solution.patch – a patch to the original branch. – README.md – a description of the implemented optimizations and their effectiveness. If you tried some optimizations that didn't work, kindly provide details regarding them as well.

For this challenge, your submissions will be tested in the following environment:

OS: ubuntu-22.04
Compiler: clang-14
Hardware: AX-42 Hetzner

for “TON Trustless Bridge Challenge” an archive containing the following:

1. Code of Lite-client smart-contract and script for generation messages for that contract with build instructions. 2. Code of Transaction-checker smart-contract and script for generation messages for that contract with build instructions. 3. Addresses of smart-contracts deployed in Testnet and Fastnet respectively, with the tx_hash of transactions that demonstrate both successful and unsuccessful checks of blocks and transactions.

Note: If you completed both challenges, send your submissions consecutively by choosing either option.

🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 1 Prize fund: $30,000 Deadline: 23:59 on February 21 (Dubai time) Who can participate: Everyone Results: March 2025 Telegram is hosting a contest for JavaScript developers to implement a new feature in Telegram Web A and enhance the existing part of the app. THE TASK 1. Rework the existing text editor from scratch and eliminate its imperfections: – Ensure proper support for edit history (Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z doesn’t work as intended as of now). – Add support for editing quotes. – Add support for Markdown syntax. – Currently, RegExp is used for parsing Markdown, which sometimes causes glitches. Implement an AST-based approach to support all Telegram formatting entities more reliably. 2. Introduce the new Chat Folders appearance based on the provided mockups. ___ Contest Requirements: – No third-party frameworks and libraries are allowed. – The changes you introduce must not affect the app’s performance or stability. – The submission must be consistent with the existing Web A codebase. – Your implementation must work flawlessly on mobile and desktop Chrome (across Linux, macOS, Windows) and Safari on iOS and macOS. ❗Your app must precisely follow the provided design mockups. Bonus Task: Add support for animated chat backgrounds as in other Telegram apps. For reference, check Telegram Web K or this. Submissions: Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline. P.S. Winners may be offered a chance to explore further opportunities with Telegram.

Dear contestants, The Fastnet was restarted on January 25th, and the updated global config file is available here. Kindly download it if you haven’t done so yet. We apologize for the inconvenience.