Surprising fact to start: routing a single large swap through multiple Solana DEXs can cut slippage by a greater margin than simply choosing the superficially “deepest” pool. For US-based DeFi users accustomed to thinking in terms of centralized order books, that counterintuitive outcome is central to understanding Jupiter’s value proposition — and it’s why Jupiter’s perpetuals and aggregator deserve a methodical, mechanism-first look. This article uses a concrete case — executing a $250,000 USD [...]