Why BAL, Balancer, and Custom Liquidity Pools Matter — and Why They Sometimes Don’t

Okay, so check this out—I’ve been neck-deep in DeFi for years now, and Balancer still surprises me. Wow! The first time I provided liquidity to a flexible-weight pool I felt both giddy and nervous. My instinct said this was a real leverage point for composable finance, though actually, wait—let me rephrase that: it felt like…