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# The Infrastructure and Process of IBTs

The infrastructure of intent-based transactions translates user intent into executable steps. This involves defining the intent as a series of declarative constraints, outlining the end goal.

Solvers then take over, crafting a traditional blockchain transaction that outlines the necessary steps to fulfill the user's intent, introducing a preprocessing layer to the standard blockchain protocol.

The process typically begins with an "intent-discovery" system, where users broadcast their intentions, and solvers then strategize the best fulfillment methods.