The NFT Royalties Landscape

Royalty enforcement for NFTs has become optional on major platforms, and the article argues that creators should turn to workarounds rather than expect full royalties to return. OpenSea and Blur made royalties optional to stay price-competitive, after a timeline starting with OpenSea's November 2022 Operator Filter and its February 2023 move to optional royalties with a minimum 0.5% rate. The article lists alternatives such as holding back supply, Zora's Auto-Reserve, Manifold's Royalty Registry, sudoswap's Creator Settings, and Visualize Value's Infinity mints.