Exploring Intent-Based Blockchain Interactions: A New Direction for Simplifying User Experience

In the Blockchain world, users often need to perform complex operations to achieve simple goals. For example, transferring assets and conducting transactions between different networks often involves multiple steps and waiting times. This complexity not only increases the difficulty of operations for users but also limits the widespread adoption of Blockchain applications.

To address this issue, a new interaction model is emerging - the "intent-centric" approach. This method allows users to simply express their desired end goal without worrying about the specific execution steps. The system automatically carries out all necessary actions, providing users with a seamless experience akin to centralized financial services.

Currently, multiple projects are exploring this field.

Bob the Solver

Bob the Solver is an intent-based trading infrastructure that can be integrated into smart contract wallets and decentralized applications. It mainly consists of two parts:

1. Solver: Uses machine learning techniques to identify and classify user intents, plan the optimal execution path, and construct the required transactions.

2. Smart Contract Wallet: Responsible for executing transactions, including the bundler that receives and plans transactions, and the paymaster that manages gas fees.

Anoma

Anoma is a privacy-focused intent-centric protocol for decentralized counterparty discovery, resolution, and multi-chain atomic settlement. Its core processes include:

1. The user sends an intention to the P2P network.
2. The solvers in the network collect and match intents.
3. The matched transactions are submitted, executed, and verified.

The execution layer of Anoma is built on Taiga, which is a zk-rollup supporting system that can be deployed on Ethereum and share part of its security.

Essential

Essential is committed to building intent-based infrastructure and tools to alleviate the MEV (Miner Extractable Value) problem. Its goal is to transform profit-oriented searchers into solvers seeking the best solutions for users by establishing a network of solvers.

Essential is developing products that include:

• A general-purpose domain-specific language for expressing intentions
• Support for the smart contract wallet standard of the Intent Center
• Modular Intent Layer

These tools are designed to simplify architecture, aggregate order flow, enhance MEV resistance, and facilitate cross-chain intent execution.

Future Opportunities

1. Combining Intent Language with AI: Utilizing AI technology to more accurately identify complex user intents.

2. Third-party execution layer: Develop a secure and stable execution layer that can quickly respond to and accurately process transaction flows.

3. DeFi Applications: Projects such as Cowswap and UniswapX have started to adopt intent-centric approaches, which are expected to improve capital efficiency and liquidity.

4. Full Chain Game Development: Simplify player operations through an intent-centric approach to enhance the gaming experience.

With the continuous development of Web3, user experience and interaction efficiency are becoming increasingly important. Intent-based interaction patterns offer new possibilities for building a more user-friendly, efficient, and transparent decentralized world.