Current Web3 systems are complex and present barriers to entry, requiring users to navigate fragmented infrastructure. This often leads to suboptimal user experiences and vulnerabilities like MEV exploitation.
Intents are signed messages that enable users to express their on-chain goals, while third-party solvers handle the technicalities, simplifying the process and enhancing user experiences. Intents are opening the door to new use cases.
Solvers are pivotal for counterparty discovery, identifying and categorizing user intents to optimize the path for valid transactions. Their competition in a free market, based on price and credibility, incentivizes them to discover the most efficient execution path, ensuring maximum value for users.
Account Abstraction serves as the gateway for intents, made possible by the validation logic within a smart contract wallet. However, it is primarily engineered for single-domain usage, lacking the capability to operate seamlessly across multiple chains.
To handle more generalized, multi-domain intents, protocols like Anoma, SUAVE, and Essential are developing the requisite infrastructure for a dedicated intent layer. This includes the introduction of new intent languages and virtual machines.
Leading applications are expanding their functionality by directly involving solvers. Various protocols are attending to specialized types of intents, including UniswapX, CoW Swap and 1inch Fusion.
Improved composability among intent pools increases the matching opportunities for solvers, making it easier to bootstrap solver networks. Success in intent-centric networks hinges on aligning solver incentives with ideal user outcomes.
Intent-centric setups encompass technical complexities that AI can effectively mitigate. AI's capabilities include interpreting natural language intent, goal deconstruction, and strategizing optimal transaction routes.
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