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# All Possible Royalty Scenarios

As royalties are done on a best effort basis, there are a couple of special cases we have to handle

<table><thead><tr><th width="232">royaltyNumerator is set</th><th width="147">ERC2981 is set</th><th width="234">receiver is set in ERC2981</th><th width="255">royaltyRecipientFallback is set</th><th width="223">What happens to Royalties</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Non-zero</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>N/A</td><td>Sent to ERC2981 Receiver</td></tr><tr><td>Non-zero</td><td>No</td><td>N/A</td><td>Yes</td><td>Sent to the royaltyRecipientFallback</td></tr><tr><td>Non-zero</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Sent to the royaltyRecipientFallback</td></tr><tr><td>Non-zero</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Sent to the pool</td></tr><tr><td>Non-zero</td><td>No</td><td>N/A</td><td>No</td><td>We don’t allow this configuration</td></tr><tr><td>Zero</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>No royalties</td></tr></tbody></table>

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