papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 6 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-05 23-43welcoming competition is understandable :)papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 6 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-05 23-43the community's main complaint is that customer relationships built for THORChain — much biz-dev work by 9R — were handed to competitorspapaart (48)in LeoFinance • 6 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-05 23-43Since 2021, TS and SK helped scale THORChain to billions in volume and integrations with leading wallets and top protocols in web3. Gratitude isn't required, but the facts…papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 6 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-05 23-43Trust Wallet fees were not shared with RUNE holders; 9R were rightfully rewarded for maintaining that integration before SwapKit.papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 6 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-05 23-43Former TS contributors bootstrapped SwapKit on a 25% revenue share during the depths of the bear market, and the SaaS model only worked by becoming a non-web3 entity — the reality of B2B.papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 6 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-05 23-43TS and SK contributors logged 4+ years of countless hours and all-nighters for the ecosystem, yet the treasury rewarded them $0 — while they focused on building sustainable…papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 6 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-05 23-43Some contributors acknowledged that paid support was necessary.papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 6 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-05 23-43Facts: the marketing team received $250K and delivered some third-party hires, "research", a sloppy fork of the SwapKit SDK, and an unscreened protocol frontend that poses a compliance risk.papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 6 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-05 23-43Integrations didn't start scaling until SwapKit existed, and keeping integrators committed after incidents like the Bybit hack and ThorFi crash required enormous, ongoing effort.papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29Evaluating enhancements to the THORChain-focused frontend for TC users Competition drives innovation when grounded in honest metrics rather than political pressure on distribution layerspapaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29Reviewing specific swaps where routes seem suboptimal and improving the recommendation algorithm Collaborating on protocol changes that would increase THORChain competitivenesspapaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29This feedback comes from long-time builders and supporters of THORChain who want to see it succeed. Offers include:papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29Prioritizing routes artificially to prop up a protocol would betray user trust and hinder honest signals needed for protocol improvement. Final note and offers:papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29Improving protocol economics (fees, asset coverage, integration UX) will naturally increase recommendation frequency and volume for THORChain. THORSwap would route users to…papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29If the treasury must subsidize or sell RUNE to fund a frontend, that highlights a sustainability question: frontends and aggregators can be self-sustaining. Fair compensation for…papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29Working with long-standing partners to improve the protocol would be more productive than alienating them.papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29Painting major partners as the cause of TC volume loss ignores the protocol improvements that could reverse the trend. Neutral routing is not anti-THORChain; it is honest feedback.papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29SwapKit has helped scale THORChain into leading wallets and protocols.papaart (48)in LeoFinance • 9 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-12-03 04-29Building a dedicated THORChain interface is a valid choice—competition and decentralization are positive. THORSwap has continuously built for THORChain and also shipped a RUNE…