Telegram’s marketplace for collectible usernames is Fragment. It lets people buy, sell, and manage distinctive Telegram handles that can be assigned to personal accounts, groups, channels, or bots.
These usernames work much like ordinary Telegram usernames: they can appear in global search and use links such as t.me/username or username.t.me. The key difference is ownership. A collectible username is recorded on the TON blockchain, making it transferable rather than permanently tied to the first account that claimed it.
Fragment launched as part of Telegram’s broader push into blockchain-based collectibles. The platform is commonly confused with TON, but TON is the blockchain network that records ownership; Fragment is the marketplace and management platform. Telegram also supports collectible phone numbers through the same ecosystem, although the quiz question specifically refers to usernames.