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Fragment

Telegram's official marketplace on the TON blockchain for auctioning usernames, anonymous numbers and upgraded Telegram Gifts. Payments are made in Toncoin and Telegram Stars, and the assets themselves are tied to the TON network.

Aliases: Fragment.com

Fragment (Fragment.com) is the official platform through which Telegram sells and transfers some of its digital assets on the TON blockchain.

What is sold on Fragment

  • Usernames (@names) — short, premium names are sold at auction.
  • Anonymous numbers — virtual +888 numbers for registering on Telegram without a SIM card.
  • Upgraded gifts — collectible Telegram Gifts with rarity attributes. See telegram-gifts.

How it connects to TON

Fragment assets are issued as entities on TON: a username or number becomes a transferable token bound to your TON wallet. That is what lets you hold, gift, and resell them on the ecosystem’s NFT marketplaces. See nft-on-ton.

Payments

Purchases on Fragment are paid in Toncoin and Telegram Stars. The exact fees and auction starting bids are set by the platform itself and change over time — check the current figures on Fragment.com rather than relying on numbers from third-party sources.

Fragment and the secondary market

Fragment is the primary, official venue. From there assets circulate on secondary marketplaces: gifts and NFTs trade on getgems and portals. Fragment establishes an asset’s provenance, while the secondary market provides liquidity.

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