# @polynya: Uniswap v4 marks a milestone in crypto product maturity

Source: https://warpcast.com/polynya/0x275dcdca

## Summary

Uniswap v4 is described as crypto's first complete product, with its core purpose now seen as finished for the foreseeable future. The author, identified in the title as @polynya, notes that v3 was already nearly complete, and that v4 took about four years to build compared with roughly one year for earlier versions. Future additions such as unified liquidity and responses to infrastructure changes like quantum-resistant zkVMs could still justify a v5, while remaining work is said to lie in governance and social areas. Aave v4 is named as the next likely complete product.

## Article

Uniswap v4 feels like crypto's first complete product. Uniswap v3 was already nearly there, which is one reason why while previous versions took ~1 year, v4 took 4 years. I can see additional functionality (e.g. unified liquidity) and responding to infra changes (e.g. quantum-resistant zkVMs) that will justify a v5, but the core purpose of this application now feels complete for the foreseeable future. What's remaining is now on the governance & social end. 

Aave v4 is the next candidate for a complete product. Interestingly, the applications are hitting final form years ahead of the infra they're built on, and in cases like Aave v4, being intertwined with infra itself.

(Side-note: of course, simple "products" like memecoins or USDT are "complete")

## Comments

**macbudkowski.eth**: Does anyone have a longer explanation why Uniswap v4 is so revolutionary? I read about the hooks but didn't perceive them as that impactful

**rvolz.eth**: An overview of the main points: https://rocknblock.io/blog/uniswap-v4-overview-for-web3-founders