Yes, buddy—free to mint and free of all costs are different promises. One adjustment: the founder doesn’t necessarily have to prepay the entire collection’s gas. They, the launchpad, or another sponsor need a system that covers it as people mint. Simply paying deployment gas doesn’t cover collectors’ future transactions. Here’s a post you could use: Let’s clear up some confusion around “FREE MINTS.” 🧵👇 There are three separate costs to understand: deploying the collection, the NFT’s mint price, and the network fee to mint it. On CorgiStudio, founders pay no platform deployment fee. They still pay the blockchain’s gas fee to deploy their collection. That deployment transaction does not pay for everyone else to mint later. When a founder sets the NFT price to $0, the NFT itself is free—but collectors may still need to pay gas. For a mint to cost the collector absolutely nothing, someone else must cover that network fee: the founder, the launchpad, or another sponsor through a supported sponsorship setup. Any additional minting fees would also need to be covered or waived. Example: imagine 300 NFTs with a network cost of $0.05 per NFT. That’s $15 in minting gas someone needs to fund, separate from deployment. This is just an example—actual costs vary by network and transaction. A founder could fund a gas-sponsorship budget so collectors can mint without paying those fees themselves. The clearest way to advertise it: 🔹 “Free mint + gas” — NFT price is $0; collector pays the network fee. 🔹 “Free mint, gas sponsored” — NFT price is $0; someone else covers the network fee. Free to the collector is possible. The transaction cost still has to be covered. Clear wording builds trust. 🤝