Notes from the router.
Short, practical writing on routing logic, fees, and the providers we aggregate.
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How we rank quotes when fees are hidden in the spread
A walkthrough of how SwapRouter normalizes non-disclosed provider margins into a comparable output amount.
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Adding a ninth exchange: what the integration checklist looks like
The criteria a partner has to meet before its quotes are eligible to win a route on SwapRouter.
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Fan-out quoting under 600 ms across eight providers
The timeouts, retries, and caching rules behind the quote panel you see on the homepage.
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Why we surface the runners-up, not just the winner
Showing the full ranking keeps the routing logic auditable and forces every partner to compete on price.
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Order IDs, what they encode, and how to read one
Each tracked swap carries the route, the timestamp, and the partner that won — here is how to decode it.