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Intent, Actually: Why DeFi Needs a Mind‑Reader

A wallet is easy to watch and hard to understand. That is the small comedy at the centre of DeFi analytics. Every transaction is public, every contract call can be inspected, every log can be dragged into a dashboard, and yet the actual question remains stubbornly human: what was this user trying to do? A swap may be a trade, a hedge, a liquidation defence, an arbitrage leg, a farming manoeuvre, or just someone clicking through a protocol interface with dangerous confidence. The chain shows the footprint. It does not provide the diary. ...

November 21, 2025 · 16 min · Zelina