Wanted to do a quick write-up on two features Route is bringing this week. Here’s how it works on Route and why it matters. JIT routing The problem: a quote is a snapshot. Between quote and inclusion there’s a wallet confirmation screen, a user reading it, sometimes a relayer, then block time. On Robinhood Chain long-tail pools move every block, so the best route at quote time often isn’t the best at fill time. The result is a slippage revert or a worse fill. What JIT does: instead of locking in one route when you quote, the swap stays flexible until it executes. At fill time it’s re-checked against live onchain state, and it only switches routes if the user gets strictly more; otherwise it fills exactly as quoted. No markup, and no slippage kept by us: anything above the quote goes to the user. Where it matters: - Wallets and apps with human-speed signing. 20–60 seconds between quote and send is normal, and that’s exactly when quotes go stale. - Larger orders. The bigger the trade, the more likely a better path appears by execution time. In our testing that was the case for most $25k trades and few small ones. - Delayed execution: relayed transactions, agent actions, orders that fire later. Anything not sent the instant it’s quoted. - Volatile tokens. In a stress test, stale large trades that would have reverted after a sharp move filled roughly 1% better instead. Gasless swaps The problem: a lot of Robinhood Chain users hold USDG and stock tokens but no ETH. “Go buy gas first” kills the trade. What it does: the user signs, Route submits and pays the gas. Tokens only move with the user’s signature, straight into their swap, and the user never grants us open-ended token access. Builders choose per key: User-paid: gas is repaid from the token being swapped, never more than a max the user signs. Sponsored: the app covers gas and the swap is completely free for the user. Where it matters: - Onboarding: someone with USDG and zero ETH can trade on their first visit. For tokens that support permit signatures it’s signatures only, start to finish. - Embedded wallets and agents: sign-only flows, with no gas balances to top up across thousands of wallets. - Consumer apps that want a “no fees” feel: sponsor gas and keep it off the user entirely. If you’re building on Robinhood Chain and want early access, DM me I can get you setup.