I remember locking funds into a DeFi lending pool because the APY on the screen looked good the day I deposited. Three weeks later, I logged back in to check my earnings and the rate had moved twice, both times in the wrong direction. Nothing had "gone wrong" — that's just how floating rates work. But I hadn't actually agreed to that number. I'd agreed to whatever the pool decided later.

I started calling that the moving target problem: you commit capital today, and the actual terms of the deal keep changing after you've already said yes. It's treated as normal in DeFi, the same way it would never be treated as normal for a mortgage or a bond.

What pulled me toward @TermMax was seeing fixed rates and fixed terms applied to that exact situation — you lend or borrow at a rate set the moment you enter, and it stays that rate until the maturity date you agreed to, full stop. No renegotiation mid-position because the pool's utilization shifted overnight.

I still think fixed rates trade some upside for that certainty, and in a strong bull run a floating position could outperform. But the number I see on day one is finally the number I get on the day that matters.
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