Client notes

Short notes

“They caught a bridge fee that my exchange UI never showed. The audit took an afternoon; the swap I almost placed would have cost more than the gain I was chasing.”

— Mei L., Mid-Levels · Swap fee audit

“Useful, though I still had to re-enter sizes manually when gas jumped mid-session. The scenario sheet helped me wait instead of chasing the first quote.”

— Karim S., Kowloon · Scenario fee report

“Marcus walked me through the PC calculator with my SOL to USDC path. I still book an audit for larger sizes, but weekly small swaps I now price myself.”

— Ana R., Sai Ying Pun · Calculator walkthrough

“Helena’s report listed assumptions in a way my partner could challenge. We disagreed with one spread estimate, emailed back, and got a corrected line the next morning.”

— Tom & Priya, Discovery Bay · Scenario fee report

Extended story: Admiralty desk, three ARB routes

A proprietary desk near Admiralty needed to move a mid-size ARB position into USDC without crossing a bridge they did not trust that week. They booked a swap fee audit with Adrian. Inputs: three venue paths, fixed size, same destination wallet.

On the Smart Crypto Calculator PC, path A looked cheapest until settlement fees from the venue’s withdrawal schedule were added. Path B had higher gas but a tighter pool. Path C used a bridge the client had already ruled out; we still calculated it so the internal memo could show why it was dropped.

The client chose path B and delayed two hours for a quieter gas window. They later wrote that the delay saved more than the audit fee — and that they wished we had warned earlier about how long withdrawal schedules take to scrape from venue docs. Fair note: that scraping step now sits in our prep checklist.

Extended story: Walkthrough, then independence

A freelance designer in Causeway Bay swapped altcoins monthly for invoice hedging. She did not want recurring audits. After one calculator walkthrough, she kept a printed field checklist next to her monitor. Three months later she emailed only when a new network appeared on her list — a short scenario report, not a full teaching hour again.

That pattern suits regular, modest sizes. Large one-off moves still belong in a live audit.