When you first start swapping tokens, it seems like everything is as simple as it gets. You click a button, receive your tokens, so it seems like everything went as it should. As you continue swapping, you realize that the mere fact that the swap took place isn’t necessarily an indication that it went well.

First, you check the final token balance. How closely does it match what you expected to see before confirming? If the difference is minimal, then the trade went through without major deviations.

Next comes the feel of the process itself. Sometimes the swap happens quickly, and sometimes the result turns out worse than it should have been. This is especially noticeable with less popular tokens or when the swap amount increases.

Later, you start paying attention to the conditions under which the transaction took place. How much did the market affect the exchange at the time, were there any unnecessary losses due to slippage, and did the result suffer due to a lack of liquidity?

People who are just getting started with DeFi, choosing the $TON network for this purpose, and then moving on to the STONfi platform, are particularly prone to this observation. When every exchange goes smoothly, you start to take it for granted. And it’s only by contrast that you realize when an exchange isn’t going as it should.