Collectible Gifts

2/9/2026

Introduced a 'crafting system' for collectible gifts, allowing users to combine existing gifts to create new, rarer versions (Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary) with enhanced artwork and unique effects. The crafting interface supports up to 4 input gifts, with success and attribute inheritance influenced by the number and attributes of the combined gifts.

12/12/2025

This post introduces 'gift purchase offers' as a new functionality within the collectible gifts system. It allows users to make offers to buy gifts using Stars or TON, with built-in scam protection, reserved payments, and automatic transfer upon sale. Buyers can set a price and time limit, and receive instant refunds if the offer is rejected or expires. The feature aims to provide a secure and convenient way for direct sales of gifts.

11/20/2025

Introduced an auction system for new limited-edition gift releases to ensure fair distribution. Users place bids with Stars over several rounds, with their rank determining the unique number of the gift. Lower bids carry over to the next round, and remaining bids are refunded. The interface now shows an 'Auction' banner and t.me/auction links.

10/10/2025

This post significantly enhances the Collectible Gifts feature by streamlining the gift interface, introducing a schedule for decreasing upgrade costs, allowing users to remove gift signatures (like sender information and custom messages) using Telegram Stars to increase resale value, and enabling the showcasing of blockchain-integrated gifts directly on user profiles via Fragment. Furthermore, it introduces new functionalities where certain collectible gifts unlock unique reply styles and can be used to customize the appearance of links and replies sent by users, deepening the integration of these digital assets into the platform's communication features.

8/31/2025

Introduced dynamic chat wallpapers based on Telegram gifts, allowing owners to set them as custom themes in private chats. Each wallpaper is uniquely generated based on gift attributes. Enabled users to send Stars to cover the cost of upgrading a gift on someone else's profile. Added an 'Upgradable' filter to easily find gifts that can be upgraded and a 'Upgrade Next Gift' button for batch upgrades. Implemented a 'Value' field when viewing a gift's attributes, showing its approximate resale price and allowing expansion to view statistics like average sale price of other gifts in the same collection.

7/31/2025

Introduced 'Gift Collections' allowing users to group gifts into custom collections on profiles or channels, supporting multiple collections and granular filters. Added 'Profile Rating' based on successful Telegram Stars transactions, influencing trust. Introduced the concept of 'Premium Gifts' available exclusively to Telegram Premium users in limited quantities.

5/8/2025

Introduced a gift marketplace for buying and selling collectible gifts, allowing users to earn Stars by selling their own gifts. Enhanced the story editor to support posting multiple photos/videos at once and automatically splitting long videos. Enabled channel owners to set auto-translation for all users. Lowered boost requirements for channels to unlock features.

4/30/2025

This post introduces new settings for managing collectible gifts, allowing users to control which gifts are displayed on their profile, choose which gift types they accept (especially for Premium users), and add a 'Gift' button to the input field for easier sending and receiving. It also details how to manage gifts on a one-by-one basis, including showing/hiding from profiles, pinning, wearing as status, and transferring to other users or blockchain wallets.

3/7/2025

This post introduces two new ways to interact with the Collectible Gifts ecosystem: gifting Premium subscriptions using Telegram Stars, and pinning up to 6 gifts on a user's profile to showcase them. It also elaborates on the withdrawal of Stars via Fragment, which is relevant to the monetization aspect of collectibles, and mentions group owners managing Star balances, further integrating the Star economy with user-facing features.

1/25/2025

This post introduces several enhancements to the Collectible Gifts feature: 1. The ability for users to wear their upgraded collectible gifts as a unique emoji status, which alters their profile's appearance. 2. The functionality to move gifts to the TON blockchain, enabling permanent ownership, transferability, auctioning, and integration with external services. 3. The capability for users to send gifts to channels, which are displayed on the channel's profile and can be upgraded by subscribers into collectibles. Channel owners can then manage these gifts by transferring or auctioning them. 4. The option to share collectible gifts to a user's story with an animated preview. 5. The introduction of filters on the 'Gifts' tab of channel profiles to sort gifts by value, collectible status, date, and collection type, along with an option for admins to enable notifications for this tab.

1/1/2025

This post details the expansion of the 'Collectible Gifts' feature. Gifts can now be upgraded to collectibles with special attributes, custom variations, and secondary traits. These collectibles can be transferred to other users or auctioned on NFT marketplaces. The upgrade process costs Telegram Stars to cover blockchain fees. The post also mentions the ability to send gifts already upgraded and that collectible gifts can be instantly traded between users.