{
  "id": 8927349,
  "title": "Planning a DEX Product Without Starting With Smart Contracts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/planning-a-dex-product-without-starting-with-smart-contracts",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-21T13:26:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/mick_michaels_b9eb/planning-a-dex-product-without-starting-with-smart-contracts-4job"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When a team decides to build a decentralized exchange, the conversation often jumps directly to implementation. Which blockchain should support it? Which smart contract language will be used? How quickly can the swap function reach a test network? Those questions matter, but they come too early. A DEX is first a marketplace. Before writing contracts, the team needs to know who will use it, which…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}