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Use Polygon. I have yet to be charged anything. I have nothing in the wallet for them to take. I think it's $109 at the moment, still ridiculous unless you're verified and have buyers, for a non Polygon minting.

Even the 30 gwei anti spam fee is much much less expensive than 5 HIVE plus 1 HIVE per edition. That needs to change and they need to just take a percentage. 10% cut is enough, but I know they're starting up and I can understand the need for it until the platform takes off.

Here is more on the new 30 gwei polygon fee and why. It makes sense, its dust and nothing like the regular $100-$200 charges to mint the OpenSea tradionally. https://cryptoslate.com/polygon-matic-to-raise-gas-fee-to-30-gwei-to-prevent-spam-transactions/