Telegram founder Pavel Durov said a two-day snapshot recorded 718,080 newly created self-custodial wallets, a count that measures wallet creation rather than distinct people or transaction activity.
In an image Durov shared Nov. 9, the daily figure shown was 333,188. That number is part of the 718,080 total for the full 48-hour period, not a separate count to add to it.
Durov described receipt of Grams as the event that activates a wallet. The reported creation figures do not identify how many wallets received Grams during those two days, so the activation condition does not establish how many of the newly listed wallets were activated.
The tally is expressed in wallets, not unique users. It also carries no transaction-volume data: the count provides neither a number of people who used the wallets nor the amount they transferred. Readers should therefore treat 718,080 as a measure of wallet creation, rather than a measure of individual participation or payments made through the service.
