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Distributed Accomplishable Intents
tl;dr - We’re should aim to turn the address bar into a search engine. Encoding the function calls and search terms for desired outcome into a natural language system.
Can I borrow your brain for a second? I need you to try and wipe the idea of the address bar as a way to send and receive assets. Pasting in the janky addresses. Going through triple checking a bunch a characters to make sure they’re correct, then finally pulling the trigger and clicking confirm.
In fintech these are referred to as “payment intents” where we have a finite path that user can go down to checkout. Sort of how you present different fields based on what payment method you choose, it’s like a pre-defined path to collect the necessary information as seamlessly as possible to complete your checkout.
An example for crypto would be with MakerDAO. “Deposit collateral and generate DAI”. Because it’s a common use-case, a pre-defined intent of users opening CDP’s it means that we can build a one click behaviour.
It’s a common theme, and will only trend more and more toward repeated value adding intents.
Think of it more as a way to “communicate” your goals and intentions of your payment to a distributed system.
Example Language
- “Deposit.ToSavings.eth” (this deposits into compound, and returns CUSDC)
- “dai.toBitcoin.eth” (converts DAI to WBTC as outlined in the example above)
If you are looking for a simple mental model think of it this way…
New users get something like an Amazon 1 click checkout for Ethereum smart contract interactions.
New users get a familiar “Google” like interface UX/UI flow.