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The Live TON Sites directory: screenshots of sites on .ton domains

· 4 min read

What TON Sites are, how to open a .ton site, how apiton finds, checks and screenshots them, and what to keep in mind before you visit one.

What anonymous +888 numbers are and how Fragment auctions work

· 3 min read

Anonymous +888 numbers are Telegram phone numbers sold as NFTs on TON. How they work, how the on-chain Fragment auction runs, and how to track prices.

Using the apiton API: list domains, usernames and numbers for sale with curl

· 3 min read

Query the apiton catalog with curl: v2.Catalog/List filters and sorting, pagination, history with Events, counts with Summary, API keys and rate limits.

apiton API changelog: Catalog, JettonPrices, Nft.Items, Address.Collections

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What is new in the apiton API in September 2026: Catalog owner and site filters, jetton USD prices, collection items, owned collections and known entities.

Not listed, for sale, on auction, expired: what apiton's statuses mean

· 3 min read

What each status on apiton.org means for usernames, +888 numbers and .ton domains, where the catalog data comes from, and how fresh it is.

Getting alerts on a domain, username or number with @apitonBot

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Watch a Telegram username, +888 number, .ton domain or wallet in @apitonBot and get a message when it is listed, sold, re-priced or receives a bid.

Jetton prices in USD: where apiton's numbers come from

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Where apiton's jetton USD prices come from: the DEX price feed, how often it refreshes, why a price can be missing, and how to read it via Rate/JettonPrices.

Jettons on TON: what they are and how to read a jetton master

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How TON tokens (jettons) work under TEP-74: the jetton master, a wallet contract per holder, metadata and decimals, and how to read them.

Live TON Sites: how apiton finds and ranks sites on .ton domains

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How apiton builds its list of live TON Sites: reading the DNS site record, probing each site over RLDP or TON Storage, telling parked from live, and ranking.

How to read a TON address page on apiton.org

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What each part of an apiton.org address page means: status, TON balance, jettons with USD value, NFTs, and the transaction list with its cursor paging.

Reading a TON address: raw vs bounceable vs non-bounceable

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Why one TON wallet can be written as 0:…, EQ… or UQ…: the TEP-2 address layout, the flag byte, the checksum, testnet forms and which one to use.

How TON DNS and TON Sites work

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How a .ton name resolves to a wallet or a website: TEP-81 dnsresolve, record categories, ADNL and TON Storage sites, and how many .ton sites are live.

How .ton domains expire, and how to find expired ones

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A .ton domain lasts one year from its last renewal. What happens when it lapses, how the release auction works, and how to find expired .ton domains.

Where a username, number or domain price comes from

· 3 min read

A price on a Telegram username, +888 number or .ton domain comes from one of three places: an auction in the NFT, a sale contract, or a Fragment listing.

How to check who owns a Telegram username

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Collectible Telegram usernames are NFTs on TON, so the owner wallet is public. How to look it up, what the chain does not tell you, and how to read a listing.

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