Having helped build Symmetric for over two years now, I’ve seen it go from a fresh Balancer fork on Telos to a fully-featured DEX and index protocol with custom pools, vote-escrow governance, and a small but supportive community. We shipped a lot and tried to make it easy for people to launch and manage liquidity. But over time, a few things became clear. The token model didn’t really reward participation. Protocol fees weren’t being used effectively. Governance slowed down. The system worked...

Having helped build Symmetric for over two years now, I’ve seen it go from a fresh Balancer fork on Telos to a fully-featured DEX and index protocol with custom pools, vote-escrow governance, and a small but supportive community. We shipped a lot and tried to make it easy for people to launch and manage liquidity. But over time, a few things became clear. The token model didn’t really reward participation. Protocol fees weren’t being used effectively. Governance slowed down. The system worked...