Design notes: intent-based execution
An engineering introduction to intents, solvers and settlement boundaries.
An intent describes a desired outcome rather than a fixed sequence of transactions.
An intent describes a desired outcome rather than a fixed sequence of transactions. Solvers compete or coordinate to find an execution path. The critical security boundary is between the user-authorized outcome and the solver-controlled path. Good designs constrain expiration, slippage, replay, settlement verification and refund behavior. A production system also needs observable failure states and independently reproducible tests. These are design considerations, not claims of a deployed implementation.