Via Protocol is a legitimate cross-chain liquidity aggregator and router with verifiable traction (400k+ messages, grants from Circle/Avalanche) and functional infrastructure (SDKs, 13+ chains). However, the submission quality was extremely poor, containing hallucinations (listing 'construction' as technology), verifiable falsehoods regarding reach ('most people have used my product'), and incorrect launch data (2017 vs. actual ~2021). While the technology is useful and innovative within the DeFi interoperability niche, the project's scale fits the 'minimal traction' (<50k users) calibration bracket, and the score is further impacted by the low-quality input.
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