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Intent Economy, Solvers & Agentic Trading

How users specify a trading outcome, how solvers compete to execute it and where capital still matters.

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Episode topics

Rezo Shmertz explains the intent economy through solver competition and sealed auctions. The episode covers BRRRolver's work on Base and Ethereum, then considers solvers as autonomous agents and the continuing need for capital and inventory in competitive execution.

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Intent-based trading and execution

Intent-based trading separates a user's desired outcome from the route used to achieve it. This episode looks at the solvers competing to provide that execution, with BRRRolver as an operating example. Auctions, pricing and available capital make the discussion relevant to both DeFi users and the teams building trading infrastructure.

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