Yes. Any wallet with 25+ HOT and no rotten wood can craft a basic dragon. However, special horns/wings and other trait can only be applied from an active wallet.

Each dragon trait based on its own type of activity, like the number of friends or HAPI Score. A detailed description will be available at the time of trait minting. Until the dragon craft is complete, it is not too late to be active and invite friends.

By the end of mining, all mined HOT supposed to be spent on launchpads, firedrops, NFT mint or crafting dragon SBT.

Absolutely. Mint HOT and craft Dragon SBT are free. If someone offers you to buy HOT or a dragon for NEAR/USDT or other assets, it's a scam. If real money SBT transactions are detected, all participants will be banned.

* Since SBT mint has a blockchain gas fee, a real transaction may require a small amount of NEAR (usually <$0.01). This is a blockchain commission and the team has no control over it.

For the next stage of HOT's roadmap, we are preparing a special place for our users and early adopters. Dragon SBT is your access to the future of HOT Ecosystem, claimed onchain.