# Mission and Core Principles ***VirtuSwap Mission*** Our mission is to expedite the DEX revolution by applying advanced financial engineering and data science to make DEX trading more efficient, without sacrificing the basic principles of decentralization, trustlessness and simplicity. We want to see a world in which DEXes dominate crypto trading. ***VirtuSwap Core Principles*** * **Utility:** We emphasize function-first, ease of use and experience * **Intelligence:** We thoughtfully combine science, math and technology * **Innovation:** We strive for breakthroughs, not slightly better-than * **Efficiency:** We’re obsessed with optimization, and data-driven results and decision-making * **Elegance:** We create sophisticated solutions to complex problems --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.virtuswap.io/virtuswap-documentation/virtuswap-basics/mission-and-core-principles.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.