How 1inch Finds the Best Swap Rates — and Where the Strategy Breaks Down
Imagine you need to swap $5,000 worth of USDC for ETH on a congested Ethereum day: price swings, rising gas, and liquidity scattered across a dozen DEXes. You open 1inch, expect “the best rate,” and see a quote that slices the order across Uniswap, Curve, and a few AMMs you barely recognize. Why does 1inch…