A cheap mint on Arc with a real hook: transfers only clear wallet-to-wallet or through royalty-honoring venues. No royalty-skipping marketplace can move a butterfly — the 5% creator royalty is a rule of the token, not a request. Minted in native USDC, tradable on the Bazaar from day one.
Every transfer checks the operator against an on-chain whitelist. Your wallet moving your own butterfly always works; an unapproved marketplace contract reverts with OperatorNotAllowed.
Sales settle in native USDC, so the 5% creator royalty is dollar-denominated — predictable revenue, not a volatile token drip.
The Monarch Bazaar is whitelisted and pays ERC-2981 at settlement, atomically, on every sale. First royalty-enforced collection and venue on Arc.