Domain buyers already getting ready to cash in, these two redirect to same site. Telegram seem to have bought some domains based on the holding pages and who is. When I saw the .co.uk one on Google I assumed it would be theirs too until I visited it!
www.telegramopennetwork.co.ukwww.telegramopennetwork.bloghow dumb for them not to buy these sort of domains up at the start. Maybe .blog not important but they can't afford not to have domains like .co.uk. guess it will cost them a lot - funny that the owner says he will take payment in fiat or Grams haha
I think they want their own protocol, which doesn't include the www. - see on the whitepaper what they say about dns...
as TOR for example, or IRC. I'm not sure about this, we need more information and most posts on this thread doesn't help us - they come from people who need posts for their bounty.
I don't underestimate the intelligence of the Durov brothers, but maybe it's a mistake like you say, does .uk is so important?