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# Minting protocol

The Highlight protocol uses the concept of mint managers in combination with specific mint mechanics to produce a specific NFT sale. Mint managers are a more general concept, and will rarely need to be edited or modified. Instead, customizing new mechanics provides ways to run custom logic like mint access control, payment management (especially via credit cards, for example), and off chain signing.