INTENTS AREN'T LIMIT ORDERS. HERE’S WHY 🫳🎤

this take is tired and misses the point. intents aren’t just an upgrade — they’re a paradigm shift in how users interact with onchain systems

here’s the breakdown 👇

what are intents? 🏕️
intents are outcome-driven instructions. they let users define what they want to happen, leaving the how to solvers who optimize execution.

➢ intent: "i want x to happen"
➢ transaction: "do x, y, z in this exact way"

this shifts blockchain UX from process-first (manual, step-by-step) to outcome-first (automated, abstracted)

LIMIT ORDERS VS. INTENTS
limit orders ⊂ intents. but intents go way beyond "sell 1 ETH at $4206.9"

examples of what intents handle today:
➢ trading: yes, intents can handle limit orders
➢ gas sponsorship: pay fees in any token
➢ multi-step transactions: bundle actions into one intent
➢ conditional execution: execute only if specific conditions are met
➢ cross-chain composability: seamless multichain workflows

WHY USERS CARE ABOUT INTENTS?⟢
today’s UX sucks: failed txs, bridging pain, manual execution...

for users, intents feel like magic:
• state your outcome
• solvers — your onchain genies 🧞 handle the rest

THE BULL CASE FOR INTENTS 🐂
right now, intents power DeFi primitives (trading, bridging, gas abstraction). but this is just the start

in the future, intents could handle:
➢ DeFi automation: yield farming, liquidation protection, debt refinancing
➢ NFT strategies: “buy this NFT floor if sales volume spikes 50%”
➢ governance automation: stake, vote, and manage DAO positions
➢ cross-chain state changes: abstract networks entirely — think in outcomes, not chains

FEW KEY PLAYERS DRIVING INTENT ADOPTION 🫡
➢ @Uniswap: decentralized trading w/ off-chain solvers
➢ @CoWSwap: batching trades for better pricing, MEV protection
➢ @AcrossProtocol: fast cross-chain bridging w/ optimistic oracles
➢ @anoma: intent gossip layer for scalable solver systems
➢ flashbots suave: private, MEV-aware solvers for cross-chain intents

these projects show intents aren’t smarter limit orders — they’re the next layer of blockchain composability

takeaway: intents ≠ limit orders

➢ limit orders: static, price-based trading instructions
➢ intents: dynamic, programmable instructions for any onchain state change

use them to DCA into BTC, automate yield farming, bridge funds, manage multi-chain wallets, the possibilities are unlimited

THE FUTURE OF INTENTS 💚
intents aren’t just an upgrade to onchain UX — they’re the foundation of a chain-abstracted future

in the next wave, expect complex intent-driven workflows, where users interact w/ chains via clear instructions while solvers handle the rest

the future is intent-driven. let’s build it 💪