INK × Telegram

15 APRIL 2026

ink.email

INKEMAIL

INK × TELEGRAM
PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL

Email as a Native Mini App

THE GAP02

The Missing Piece

native email inside Telegram

The problem

Messaging, payments, apps, content — Telegram has it all. Except the one service 4 billion people use every day.

Every registration, formal message, or business email forces users to open Gmail. They leave the ecosystem and don't always come back.

THE GAP03

Where Users Go

Every email sent outside Telegram is attention lost to another platform.

1.8B Gmail Every message scanned, profiled, and sold to advertisers. $12B/year from inbox ads alone.

~100M Proton Separate app, separate identity, separate ecosystem. No integration with anything.

400M Outlook Microsoft telemetry. Enterprise lock-in. 32% of government requests come with gag orders.

THE GAP04

The Surveillance Landscape

Email is the most surveilled communication channel on the internet.

3.5M+ accounts disclosed User accounts handed to US authorities since 2014 by major providers.

+557% Google disclosures Growth in government data requests to Google over the last decade.

+927% Apple disclosures Growth in government data requests to Apple over the same period.

121B emails / day Processed by Gmail daily. All readable by Google. All available to governments.

Architecture that cannot surveil is the only architecture that never will.

THE PROPOSAL05

INK as a Telegram Mini App

A production-ready encrypted email platform. Already built, already running. Deploys inside Telegram as a native Mini App.

Zero-knowledge architecture. Post-quantum encryption. AGPL open source client.

THE APPROACH06

Integration, Not Acquisition

Skiff raised $14.2M building a standalone encrypted suite. Notion acquired them in 2024. Within months — product shut down, users lost everything.

Skiff → Notion

→ Standalone competing product

→ Absorbed by a larger platform

→ Product killed, users migrated out

→ $14.2M raised, zero lasting impact

INK → Telegram

→ Native extension, not a competitor

→ Seamless integration inside the app

→ Users gain features without leaving

→ Massive new capability, zero friction

The best integrations are invisible. Users don't install email — they just have it.

THE PROPOSAL07

Already Built

Not a concept. Not a whitepaper. A working product at web.ink.email.

⬡ Live Product Web app in public beta. Desktop and mobile in development.

△ Zero-Knowledge Auth OPAQUE protocol (RFC 9497). Server never sees passwords or plaintext data.

◇ E2EE by Default Every message encrypted end-to-end. Not an option — the only mode.

○ PQC Deployed ML-KEM-768 + X25519 hybrid. Not on a roadmap — in production today.

□ AGPL Client Every line of client code is open source. Auditable. Forkable. Verifiable.

▽ Independent No investors. No token. No acquisition exit. Built to last, not to flip.

THE PROPOSAL08

How It Works

Three taps to a private inbox.

01 Open Mini App Launch INK from Telegram

›

02 Get Address username@ink.email or custom domain

›

03 Send & Receive E2EE PQC, full SMTP compatibility

›

04 Never Leave Read, reply, manage — all inside Telegram

THE PROPOSAL09

Integration Architecture

Deep integration, not a webview wrapper.

SSO Telegram Identity

Telegram account → INK address. Login via Telegram Widget. No separate registration needed.

IPFS Decentralized Delivery

Email routing via IPFS blockchain. Foundation for truly decentralized email infrastructure.

Push Notifications

Email alerts as Telegram messages. Inline preview. Reply without leaving your chat.

THE PROPOSAL10

Encryption

Complementary to Secret Chats. Different layer, same mission.

INK Email

→ E2EE PQC (ML-KEM-768 + X25519)

→ Zero-knowledge auth (OPAQUE RFC 9497)

→ Forward secrecy (ephemeral keys per message)

→ Post-quantum signatures (Ed25519 + ML-DSA-65)

Secret Chats

→ E2EE (MTProto 2.0)

→ Server-based authentication

→ No forward secrecy on stored messages

→ No post-quantum cryptography

Strengthens Telegram's privacy position. Doesn't replace anything.

THE VALUE11

What Telegram Gets

Zero Engineering Cost INK is built and running. Telegram writes zero lines of code. Complete product, not a project.

User Retention Email inside the app. Every registration, every business email — users stay in the ecosystem.

Decentralized Email IPFS-based email delivery. Blockchain infrastructure for truly distributed, censorship-resistant communication.

New Revenue Stars payments for premium tiers. Premium subscriber upsell. Revenue share on every paid account.

Complete product. Zero cost. Immediate revenue.

THE VALUE12

No Other Messenger Has This

First mover advantage. Unique combination that no competitor can replicate.

	TG + INK	WhatsApp	Signal	WeChat
Native email
E2EE messaging
Post-quantum
Blockchain
Built-in payments
Mini App platform

THE DEAL13

Timeline

Six months from handshake to public beta.

Month 1–2

Prototype Mini App shell. Telegram Login integration. Basic send and receive. Identity mapping.

Month 3–4

Integration IPFS delivery protocol. Stars billing. Notification system. Custom domains.

Month 5–6

Public Beta Premium integration. Full feature parity. Migration tools from Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo.

CLOSING14

We have the product.
Telegram has the users.

Together: encrypted email for a billion people.

Privacy not by policy, but by architecture.

INK EMAIL15

INK × TELEGRAM