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 ## License
 
 [MIT](./LICENSE) © 2025–2026 Vortex Protocol Contributors
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+## Handsoff notes
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+<!-- handsoff-issue-404 -->
+- #404: [High] Add on-chain rate-of-change guardrails to protocol parameters