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Differentiation

Intento enables intent-based flows without smart contracts, making automated execution streamlined, self-custodial, and scalable. Unlike traditional automation that depends on bot networks or privileged smart contracts, Intento empowers users to directly own and control execution, removing unnecessary intermediaries and security risks.

The Problem with Existing Approaches​

Bot Networks​

Decentralized execution via bot networks requires tasks to be registered on-chain, with bots competing to claim rewards. However, this approach has inefficiencies:

  • Network Congestion & Gas Costs – Multiple bots executing the same transaction cause congestion and increase fees.
  • Centralization Risks – The first-come-first-served model discourages participation from smaller operators, leading to a race-to-the-bottom effect.
  • Complex Automation Workflows – Execution logic requires additional privileged contracts, increasing costs and security risks.

Custom Smart Contracts​

Privileged Smart contracts on CosmWasm chains can schedule executions via BeginBlocker/EndBlocker, but this introduces drawbacks:

  • Higher Gas Costs – Scheduled executions require extra computational resources, increasing user fees.
  • Computational Overhead – Smart contract-based automation incurs static costs of running inside a VM, regardless of efficiency.
  • Blockspace Limitations – Time-based executions compete with general transactions, requiring governance oversight.
  • Security Risks – Privileged contracts introduce attack vectors, increasing risks for users.

How Intento Solves This​

Intento eliminates the need for bots and privileged smart contracts, enabling direct, intent-based execution:

  • User-Owned Flows – Intento shifts power to users, enabling self-custodial, automated workflows without intermediaries.
  • Scalable & Efficient – Execution logic runs at a fraction of the cost of traditional automation services.
  • Protocol-Neutral & Interoperable – Works across different blockchain ecosystems without dependencies on specific contract frameworks.
  • Orchestration & Composability – Intento enables composing multiple flows together, allowing users to create complex, automated processes across chains.
  • Direct IBC, ICA & ICQ Integration – By integrating Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC), Interchain Accounts (ICA), and Interchain Queries (ICQ), Intento facilitates secure, automated, and cross-chain workflows without requiring intermediary execution layers.
  • Conditions, Comparisons & Feedback Loops – Execution logic can be condition-based, supporting real-time comparisons, iterative feedback loops, and adaptive automation.
  • Advanced Use Cases – Supports conditional payments, streaming transactions, auto-compounding, and portfolio optimization, making it a powerful tool for DeFi and beyond.
  • Single Token Fee Abstraction – With hosted accounts, users can pay all fees in a single token (e.g., INTO or ATOM), simplifying automation and reducing friction.

How Intento Differs from Anoma & Agoric​

Anoma (Intent-Matching vs. Intent-Execution)​

Commonalities:

  • User-Centric & Flexible – Like Anoma, Intento allows generalized intent-based automation without smart contracts.
  • Plug-and-Play Automation – No need for additional specialized infrastructure.
  • Expands What’s Possible – Enables applications that cannot be built purely on smart contract VMs.

Differences:

  • Intento is focused on execution, not matching – Anoma facilitates intent discovery and matching, while Intento directly executes user-owned flows.
  • More deterministic execution – Intento guarantees predictable execution without relying on intent-matching networks.

Examples of Anoma applications:

  • Fully decentralized order book exchanges
  • Decentralized Slack/Discord alternatives
  • Matchmaking apps (e.g., decentralized Tinder for X)

Agoric (Complex vs. Simple, User-Owned Execution)​

Commonalities:

  • Orchestration & Time-Based Actions – Both Intento and Agoric allow developers to automate and schedule cross-chain actions.
  • Cross-Chain Interoperability – Both support multi-chain automation.

Differences:

  • Intento is simple, user-owned, and requires no smart contracts – Agoric’s Orchestration API is powerful but requires developers to manage remote accounts, multi-block async execution, and timer-based scheduling.
  • Agoric is better suited for complex custom workflows that require fine-tuning and for protocols that need to build a complex custom solution or want to manage and monetize orchestration infrastructure.
  • Intento enables monetization through hosted accounts – Protocols and integrators can offer hosted execution, which abstracts away host chain fees while keeping user flows self-custodial.

Agoric Orchestration API features:

  • Remote account control – Create and manage accounts on remote chains.
  • Async execution over multiple blocks – Contracts handle responses across long periods.
  • On-chain timers – Enables scheduled execution (e.g., subscriptions).

Network Effects​

  • More Adoption → Greater Demand for Execution → Increased Value Capture – As more users adopt Intento, demand for intent execution grows, driving network utility and token value.
  • Governance-Driven Execution Parameters – The community governs execution scalability and fee burn parameters, ensuring long-term sustainability.
  • Monetization for Integrators – Integrators can host interchain accounts, abstracting host chain fees and allowing users to pay fees in a single token (e.g., INTO or ATOM), making automation seamless.
  • Decentralized Revenue Model – Execution services can be monetized while maintaining full user control and self-custodial execution.
  • Permissionless Hosting – Any integrator can run hosted interchain accounts, monetizing by charging fees while ensuring non-custodial execution for users.

A New Standard for Intent-Based Execution​

Intento redefines automation by shifting from contract-based execution to direct, user-owned intent-based flows. This approach enhances security, reduces complexity, and ensures scalability without compromising decentralization

Whether for DeFi actions, cross-chain operations, or scheduled transactions, Intento delivers a faster, cheaper, and more flexible alternative. With orchestration capabilities, IBC/ICA/ICQ integration, advanced conditional logic, and monetization mechanisms, Intento unlocks new levels of automation, security, and efficiency across blockchains.