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Anoma Intents: To Infinity And Beyond What if you could combine ChatGPT with crypto? What if we could execute transactions with a simple text prompt? How would that change our behavior? What would that future look like? I found myself revisiting these questions over and over while I researched @anoma and their intent centric architecture Anoma’s vision is bold And in this thread, I want you to understand the implications of what they’re building, so you walk away from with the same feeling I had after my research If they pull this off, Anoma will change the world +++++ Intents vs Transactions: What’s the difference? Transactions Transactions specify execution path E.g. I go to McDonald’s two blocks down to buy a Big Mac meal with fries and coke zero for $8 This is your typical onchain transaction: A specific store (DEX) At a specific location (Chain) For a specific item (Token) At a specific Price By specifying an execution path, you specify the counterparty and trust it will uphold the quality and availability of your purchase. However, both factors are out of your control If the cook undercooks the fries to serve more customers during peak hour, your fries are soggy If that particular Mickey D’s runs out of patties, you don’t get your Big Mac, and you waste time and resources traveling It's not the best dynamic for us as buyers, but we're accustomed to it +++++ Intents Intents specify desire e.g. I want a burger with fries and coke zero As buyers, we express intent and allow third parties to fulfill our desire in exchange for value You specify your requirement and some conditions for fulfillment, without specifying where it’s from or how it’s obtained Think of intents as unfulfilled transactions McDonald’s can fulfill your intent. So can Five Guys, In-N-Out, or the bodega at the street corner Most of us already use intent-based applications Every time you use @bananagun, Trip(.)com, or Uber Eats, you're tapping into an intent network Which typically provide greater access to information and sellers, and complete txns far more effectively and efficiently However, the effectiveness of intent-based applications is capped by the size and architecture of its network, imposing limitations to the detriment of all participants I outline a few key issues on the supply and demand side below: Real life examples these issues, in the context of UberEats, include: - Surge pricing - Minimum order size + delivery fees - Geofenced or unserviceable restaurants To quote @pumatheuma, intent-specific apps do not scale. Intents do Which is the perfect framer and segway into... +++++ Anoma Anoma is a framework More specifically, blockchain architecture that allows an infinite # of users (intents) and sellers (solvers) to join and scale the network Anoma's structure can be broken down as follows: Anoma intents lay the technical groundwork for a hyper efficient and decentralized economy When you express an intent in Anoma, you specify the txn and fulfillment terms and “market make” in a literal sense Users can customize intents with unparalleled modularity, and even run complex algorithms as intents Intents are shared between nodes to maximize its awareness. After a node receives an intent, it signs the message and passes it to other nodes, who repeat the same process When the intent is fulfilled, all nodes on the signature trail are eligible for rewards, further improving the efficiency of the counterparty matching process Solvers compete to match and fulfill intents for rewards. The computation-heavy nature of solving is best suited for AI agents, which can be bootstrapped from communities with specific needs (TG sniper bots) or built to facilitate core infra (bridging) If successful, the combination of Anoma as a substrate, AI as solvers, and a universally adopted intent interface (AI prompts) will change the world Imagine being able to: (1) Specify all parameters of a transaction with a ChatGPT prompt (2) Broadcast it to a hyper efficient network of incentive aligned facilitators and solvers; and (3) Have the intent matched against millions of others for atomic fulfillment That is the promise of Anoma intents Here are two more examples to illustrate transactions unique to Anoma’s architecture +++++ Thank you for reading. If you found this helpful, please like and RT to share it with your friends Follow me @wintersoldierxz for more!