Editor's note: Today, due to the obstacles and dispersion between different blockchains and dApps when users are still using dApps, it leads to the fact that users who actually use encrypted assets do not see a significant rise. Taking dappOS as an example, this article explores how Intents can change this situation.

Users still face significant barriers when using decentralized application (dApps), as their assets, data, and Token flow are scattered across different public blockchains and dApps, which hinders the explosive rise of the user base and limits the potential of the Web3 industry.

Intents are an emerging field that promises to completely change the Web3 user experience and unleash its true potential. In this article, we will explore this new field using dappOS as an example.

The approval of BTC and Ethereum Spot ETF has opened a new era for the Blockchain industry, with a sharp increase in the number of people holding encryption assets directly or indirectly. However, the actual rise in the number of users using encryption assets is not corresponding.

Users still face significant barriers when using decentralized application (dApps), as their assets, data, and Token flow are scattered across different public blockchains and dApps, which hinders the explosive rise of the user base and limits the potential of the Web3 industry.

Intents are an emerging field that promises to completely change the Web3 user experience and unleash its true potential. In this article, we will explore this new field using dappOS as an example.

Decoding Intent: Paradigm Shift in the World of Blockchain

The intention refers to the expected result of the user, without considering the specific execution steps. For example, the traditional method of ETH Workshop transaction requires the user to specify each step of the transaction, including interacting with Smart Contracts, managing randomness, and paying gas fees, which is complex and inefficient. The concept of intention is designed to alleviate the burden on users, allowing them to outsource the transaction creation process to third parties while maintaining control over the transaction.

By abstracting the technical complexity of blockchain transactions and focusing on user-defined goals, the intention-driven model strives to make blockchain technology as simple and intuitive as traditional web browsing. The ultimate goal is to ensure that user interaction with blockchain and decentralized application (dApps) is as seamless as with any traditional Web2 service, thus promoting the wider application of these technologies.

Essentially, intent-centric models are a technological innovation and a philosophical reshaping of the blockchain field, aiming to empower users and foster inclusivity. By emphasizing the consistency between the Web3 experience and the simplicity of Web2, it aims to lay the foundation for a exponential rise in the entry barrier for Web3 users.

Technical Pillar and Implementation Path

Implementing intent-based systems allows users to define the transaction outcomes and operations they expect without specifying the exact execution steps. Through certain mechanisms, users delegate the execution of intent to the system, smart contracts or third-party service providers. Whether automated or manual, the execution process should reflect the user's original intent while leaving enough flexibility and optimization space.

We will take the technical architecture of dappOS as an example to illustrate the intent trading mechanism:

Open market mechanism:

dappOS adopts an open market mechanism that allows service providers to stake when providing intent execution services. Service providers register as service Nodes by staking tokens and selecting the services they are willing to provide. This mechanism ensures dynamic allocation of services and efficient utilization of resources.

Optimistic Minimum Stake (OMS) Mechanism:

The OMS mechanism allows service providers to execute tasks first and then verify the results. This "execute first, verify later" approach greatly speeds up task execution. Intent tasks are specific to value, meaning that users agree to pay the predetermined compensation in the event of task failure, and service providers only need to stake collateral slightly higher than the current total value of intent tasks.

Service Provider:

Service provider is a core component of the dappOS intent execution network. The first step to becoming a service Node is to register, and stake a certain amount of Token in the RegisterManager contract. The staked Token serves as collateral, and the processing power of the Node is proportional to the value of its staked collateral.

The flexible architecture of dappOS allows service providers to support tasks of specific value based on templates, including the following essential elements:

Comprehensive task description: Overview of the end user's goals and conditions for completing the task.

Completion Criteria: Determine the standards for executing the validators' verification tasks status.

The amount of collateral required: The collateral required to complete the task. The task scheduler uses this information to assess the current collateral situation of each service Node and exclude Nodes with insufficient collateral.

Execute validators:

Validators play a critical role in the network by verifying the execution of tasks. If a task fails, validators have the power to vote to penalize service Nodes to ensure that users receive compensation.

Through the Proof of Stake (POS) network mechanism, validators stake Tokens to maintain the security and integrity of the network. Active and diligent validators will be rewarded, thus incentivizing them to continue participating in and maintaining the network.

Task Framework:

To facilitate pricing and verification of intent tasks, dappOS organizes tasks into different frameworks. Each framework can be custom designed according to specific requirements, including pricing, verification, and compensation mechanisms.

Summary:

dappOS allows users to create transactions and delegate them to professional third-party participant networks while maintaining complete control over the entire process. Simply put, if a transaction specifies how to perform an operation, the intent defines the expected result of that operation. Through intent, users can easily express their desired outcomes. This contrasts sharply with current mandatory transactions, which require users to explicitly specify each parameter.

Since the release of dappOS V2 beta, dappOS has integrated with more than 15 Decentralization applications (dApps), including GMX, Stader, KyberSwap, Equilibia, BENQI, and SyncSwap.

GMX

The unified account function of dappOS allows traders and Liquidity Providers to seamlessly access GMX based on Avalanche and Arbitrum from other chains without manually bridging assets. Thanks to the solutions provided by dappOS V2, users can trade and purchase GLP or GM (Liquidity Provider Token for GMX) with an intention-centered user experience. The optimized workflow has improved execution time by 90% and reduced execution costs by up to 20%. Users can deploy their entire asset balance regardless of allocation and pay fees for any Token by confirming complex and interdependent transactions across different chains with a single signature.

Stader

The unified account feature of dappOS allows users to directly manage their total asset balance. Whether sequential or parallel, users can confirm complex and interdependent transactions across different chains with a single signature. With the support of dappOS, Stader users can stake ETH and receive ETHx, deposit ETHx and ETH into the Curve pool to obtain LP Tokens, and continue to stake in Convex Finance to earn CRV and CVX income, all with just one click to complete 15 complex steps. dappOS supports using ETHx to pay for gas fees, making it easy to seamlessly use in multi-chain applications. The income generated by staking and farming is collected by dappOS, and users can claim rewards with a single click without the need to separately visit Curve and Convex.

KyberSwap

The unified account feature of dappOS allows users to trade directly on KyberSwap without manually bridging assets, enhancing asset composability. For example, Ethereum users can borrow assets directly from the Avalanche-based lending protocol BENQI and seamlessly use them on KyberSwap. It also supports paying gas fees with any Token and executing task dependencies with a single signature.

BENQI

BENQI collaborates with dappOS to enhance the Decentralized Finance user experience by integrating the BENQI Decentralized Finance protocol based on Avalanche with dappOS's user-friendly interface. BENQI unlocks Liquidity for assets such as BTC, ETH, AVAX, stablecoins, and dappOS simplifies typically complex Web3 operations, such as Wallet setup and gas fee management. By providing a single Cross-Chain Interaction trading interface and supporting the use of any Token for gas fee payment, dappOS significantly reduces the required steps, making Decentralized Finance more accessible and intuitive.

Equilibria

The unified account feature of dappOS allows users to seamlessly interact with the high-yield pools deployed on Arbitrum by Equilibria, without the need to manually bridge assets. With the support of dappOS V2, users can easily deposit into the aUSDC and rETH pools from any chain, increasing their returns to an Annual Percentage Rate (APR) of 28% through an intent-driven user experience. Users can directly deposit ETH into the rETH pool without the need to mint or purchase rETH on a decentralized exchange. PENDLE rewards can be claimed with a single click and converted into mainstream tokens such as USDT, USDC, ETH, and DAI. dappOS users can deploy their entire asset balances across different chains, confirm complex, interdependent cross-chain interactions with a single signature, and pay fees using any token.

Intent Assets: Innovating the Use of Encryption Assets

dappOS launches the Intend Asset

dappOS has launched a new type of asset-Intent Assets, which can always be used on-chain while providing high returns.

The dappOS intends to leverage the unique capabilities of the network to handle complex Settlements in various scenarios in an economically efficient manner, minimizing user complexity and operational burden. When users use dappOS, they can provide regular or intent assets as input to the network and outsource the Settlement tasks to service providers, expecting to achieve specific results, such as earning profits, interacting with dApps, and withdrawing assets to Centralized Exchange (CEX). The complex process of how these assets are transformed and managed to achieve the expected results is handled by service providers within the network, ensuring that users are not affected by these complexities.

The first batch of Intent assets includes Intent BTC, Intent ETH, and Intent USD. For example, holding Intent USD allows users to earn profits based on USDT while maintaining complete flexibility. Users can extract it as USDT from the exchange in real-time or immediately use it as USDC to supplement Margin on GMX on Arbitrum. The only additional loss incurred by using these assets is gas fees.

Ecosystem Collaboration: The Ripple Effect of Intent-Driven Architecture

The collaboration between dappOS and the above five protocols demonstrates the expected benefits of intent-driven systems for dApps:

1. Unified account management: dappOS's unified account function allows users to directly manage their total asset balance, which can be used in any on-chain dApp. This centralized management method significantly simplifies asset management and improves liquidity and utilization efficiency.

2. Seamless Cross-Chain Interaction Operation: Whether it is cooperating with GMX, Stader, KyberSwap, BENQI, or Equilibria, the seamless Cross-Chain Interaction feature of dappOS allows users to directly perform different on-chain operations without the need to manually bridge assets. This seamless experience reduces operational steps, saving time and costs.

3. Simplify complex operations: dappOS allows users to confirm complex and interdependent Cross-Chain Interaction transactions with a single signature, whether these transactions are executed sequentially or in parallel. This feature significantly improves transaction security and efficiency, reducing the burden on users.

4. Flexible fee payment: Users can use any Token to pay for gas fees, without the need to hold specific Tokens on-chain. This flexibility improves convenience and gives users greater freedom when conducting Cross-Chain Interaction transactions.

5. Reward Management and Conversion: dappOS allows users to claim rewards from stake and Liquidity mining with just one click, and convert them into mainstream Tokens such as USDT, USDC, ETH, and DAI. This feature simplifies the reward management process and improves convenience and efficiency of operations.

The intent-driven system is quietly triggering a revolution. This new concept is not only a tool to simplify user operations, but also a catalyst for reshaping the interaction and value flow of the entire Web3 ecosystem. We believe that the ripple effect of the intent-driven system representing dappOS will manifest in several key dimensions.

· The new frontier of financial innovation: Intent-driven systems and intent assets are opening up new frontiers for financial innovation. Imagine a derivatives market based on user intent: Traders can speculate or hedge on intentions such as 'the user will transfer more than 1 million dollars in cross-chain interactions in the next 30 days'. This not only provides new risk management tools for investors but may also give rise to a whole new prediction market ecosystem.

·The new engine of data economy: Intentional data is becoming one of the most valuable assets in the Web3 world. By deeply analyzing user intention data, we can gain insights into market sentiment, predict capital flow, and even identify emerging Decentralized Finance trends. These insights have great strategic value for Decentralized Finance protocol, DEX, and Centralized Exchange (CEX)

The super glue of the Cross-Chain Interaction ecosystem: Intent-driven architecture and intention assets will become the key adhesive for connecting different blockchains. Users can seamlessly execute complex Cross-Chain Interaction operations through standardized intent protocol, without worrying about the underlying technical details. This improves capital efficiency and paves the way for true Cross-Chain Interaction Decentralized Finance applications. We expect that the Cross-Chain Interaction volume processed through intent protocol will become mainstream.

Conclusion

"Intention" is still a potential early concept, and the intention-driven world construction at the intention level faces significant challenges, not only in system complexity. With the development of basic blockchain technology and the maturity of projects, the focus will shift from infrastructure to application and user-friendliness, and intention-driven projects will become the focus of the entire industry development.

The key lies in the network effect of the intention infrastructure: as the number of Decentralized Finance protocols connected to the intention network increases, the improvement in user experience will rise exponentially. Our model predicts that when the number of connected protocols reaches a critical mass (estimated to be 50-100 mainstream Decentralized Finance protocols), the rise rate will experience a significant inflection point. Based on the current rising trend, we expect this inflection point to occur in the third quarter of 2025. More importantly, intention assets have created a whole new level of value: the intention Data Layer. This layer connects different blockchains and deeply integrates on-chain and off-chain data, which will provide good investment opportunities for market makers, traders, and Decentralized Finance protocols.

From a technical perspective, AI-based intent parsing and execution will be the next breakthrough. In the next bull run, we expect that simple cross-chain interaction operations will be mainly handled automatically by AI systems, greatly reducing the difficulty for users and transaction cost. This will boost the activity of existing encryption users and attract a large number of Web2 users to enter the Web3 world.

In general, intents represent the next stage of evolution of Web3. They simplify the user experience and, more importantly, create a new value capture model. For investors, early participation in intent-driven ecosystems will be crucial to capturing this tremendous opportunity. We strongly recommend closely following the development of this field, especially projects that are at the forefront in Cross-Chain Interaction operations, AI-based execution, and intent data analysis.

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