OpenSea, a leading NFT marketplace, has announced it will discontinue its on-chain royalty enforcement tool known as the Operator Filter. This tool enabled creators to block NFT marketplaces that didn't uphold royalties.
Effective from August 31, this decision was revealed in a statement by OpenSea's founder and CEO, Devin Finzer, on August 17.
Introduced in November 2022, the Operator Filter was designed as a straightforward piece of code, ensuring NFT sales occurred only on platforms that recognized and enforced creator fees.
Yet, according to Finzer, the tool didn't gain the traction they had anticipated due to insufficient backing from the broader NFT community.
Marketplaces like Blur, Dew, and LooksRare found workarounds to the Operator Filter by integrating with the Seaport Protocol. This move allowed them to sidestep
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