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Slippage
The difference between the expected price when submitting a swap and the actual execution price. Slippage occurs because other trades can move the pool price between when you submit your transaction and when it confirms on-chain. Slippage tolerance is a user-set limit — if actual slippage exceeds the tolerance (e.g., 0.5%), the transaction reverts. Setting too high a slippage tolerance exposes you to sandwich attacks.
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