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Upgraded Gift

A Telegram gift that has been upgraded into a TEP-62 NFT on TON: it carries three randomly assigned attributes (model, backdrop, symbol) and can be listed on secondary gift marketplaces.

Aliases: nft gift, telegram nft gift

An upgraded gift is a Telegram gift the recipient has converted from its default form into an on-chain NFT. After upgrade the gift:

  • gets three randomly rolled attributes — model variant, backdrop, symbol;
  • is minted as a TEP-62 NFT on TON mainnet;
  • receives a permanent token-ID and an owner address;
  • becomes listable on secondary marketplaces — Portals, Tonnel, MRKT, Getgems.

Why upgrade

Before upgrade a gift is just a record on the recipient’s Telegram account and cannot be transferred or sold. Upgrading detaches the asset from the account: the NFT lives on a TON address, so even if the Telegram account is suspended the gift survives on-chain.

Cost

Upgrades are paid in Telegram Stars. See gift-upgrade-cost for the current pricing logic.

Attributes after upgrade

Each attribute has a rarity-tier. When all three rolled attributes are rare, the secondary-market value of the item climbs sharply.

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