I just checked this out by doing a transfer and paying close attention to the numbers sent and received. I sent 0.638 SBD from my Steem account to openledger-dex and in my Bitshares wallet I received 0.638 SBD.
That's right. No fee at all. I got exactly the amount I sent with nothing shaved off.
Can you give a reference to the 7% (or 3.5% each way) number that you got? I'd like to check that out. From my experience, there is no fee.
Blocktrades, on the other hand, does charge a fairly high fee. That might be where those numbers are coming from. Please let me know.
No, not blocktrades, we mean OpenLedger. We also found deposit fees to be zero, so NOW you need to do the opposite, and move the Steem you deposited on OpenLedger BACK to your Steemit wallet. NOW what was the fee for that?