The Illusion of Value in DeFi In the last few years, DeFi has become a landscape full of beautiful, complex mechanisms, many of them drawn like Dalí’s sketches on the back of a check. Tokenomics that seem mathematically elegant but rarely play out in real markets. Yield strategies that rely on layers of incentives rather than any productive use of capital. Projects that thrive more on virality than utility. We participate. We speculate. We hold. But often, we don’t redeem. Much of the “value” in DeFi today depends on a collective agreement not to call the bluff. To treat the dashboard numbers as truth. To let the checks hang on the wall, never cashed, because it’s better to believe in the system than stress-test it. That is the Salvador Dali effect in DeFi. But it is also a warning. Redeemable Value Through Function Altitude is designed to deliver real outcomes, not speculative narratives. Instead of relying on attention-driven mechanics, we focus on automation, capital efficiency, and transparent performance. Deposited assets are actively put to work across established protocols like @aave , @MorphoLabs , and @pendle_fi to generate yield that helps offset or repay debt. Borrowing rates are optimized automatically. Liquidation risk is reduced through conservative LTV targets and continuous rebalancing. Idle capital doesn’t sit, it contributes to the strategy. It’s a straightforward approach to DeFi, practical, sustainable, and built to last. The End of Magic Cycles of over-financialization and narrative-heavy projects are wearing thin. Users are becoming more discerning. They want strategies that work without them. Systems that repay, not just reward. Altitude represents this shift from spectacle to structure, from magic to mechanism. It is, in a way, the anti-Dali. Not because it lacks creativity or elegance, but because its value is not in what it symbolizes, but in what it does. It is redeemable by design. Transparent by necessity. Productive by architecture. And in a space long dominated by the art of illusion, that may be the most valuable thing of all.