Telegram-style gifts, explained

What a collectible gift is, how upgrading assigns traits, and when it becomes an on-chain item.

This guide is an outline. A long-form version with diagrams is in progress.

1. 01

   Receive a gift

   A gift arrives on your profile. At this stage it lives inside the app's own database — off-chain.

2. 02

   Decide whether to upgrade

   Upgrading turns a plain gift into a unique collectible with a random model, background, symbol and serial number.

3. 03

   Read the traits

   Each trait has its own rarity. A rare background on a common model is still only partly rare.

4. 04

   Choose to display or keep private

   You can show gifts on your profile. Displaying does not change ownership.

5. 05

   Optional: move it on-chain

   Some gifts can be minted to the TON blockchain, after which a wallet holds them and normal NFT risks apply.