Misconception: “Aggregators just find the best price.” What Jupiter actually does for Solana traders
Many Solana DeFi users treat a DEX aggregator as a price scanner: put in tokens, get the best rate. That view is incomplete. Jupiter on Solana is a routing, execution and risk-management engine that coordinates liquidity, fee-priority, cross-chain plumbing, and derivatives settlement — not simply a one-shot price quote. Understanding those mechanisms changes how you…