<h3 id="what-is-anoma">What is Anoma?</h3>The word “Anoma” can mean many things. Here we will talk about two: the Anoma protocol and the Anoma network. The Anoma protocol is a distributed operating system for intent-centric applications, and the Anoma network is the interlinked graph of computers running this protocol.An operating system:<ol><li>Abstracts diverse hardware behind a universal interface, and</li><li>Provides an environment in which applications can run.</li></ol>Three classes of operating systems are predominant today:<ol><li>Desktop operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.</li><li>Mobile operating systems such as iOS and Android.</li><li>Web browsers such as Chrome and Safari.</li></ol>These three classes of operating systems all fit this definition, but differ in what hardware they seek to abstract and what kind of environment they seek to provide. Desktop and mobile operating systems are concerned with abstracting physical hardware, while web browsers already run on an existing OS and can make use of the hardware abstractions provided by that OS. While all three classes of OSs are interested in providing an environment in which multiple applications can run safely, mobile OSs and web browsers are typically more concerned with limiting application permissions and cleanly sandboxing application code.Similar to web browsers, Anoma is an operating system that runs on top of an existing “base-level” operating system which abstracts differences in physical hardware. Similar to mobile operating systems, Anoma provides a very clean sandbox for applications, up to the point of making it safe and incentive-compatible for nodes to run code they receive over the network. Rather than seeking to abstract the hardware of one computer, a distributed operating system such as Anoma aims to abstract the hardware of many networked computers so that applications can treat this network as if it were a single abstract machine: specifically, an <a href="https://zenodo.org/records/10654543?ref=blog.anoma.net">intent machine</a>.<h3 id="what-does-anoma-mainnet-mean">What does Anoma mainnet mean?</h3>By mainnet, we mean a version of Anoma which allows developers to build and deploy real applications that can integrate with existing tokens such as ETH, BTC, DAI, USDC. This stage of mainnet does not yet come with any native Anoma token. The most important interface (really, the only external interface) in all of the Anoma protocol is the application development interface, and our first priority is to allow developers to start building applications using it.The basic architectural concept for the initial mainnet version – nicknamed "Resource Plasma" after the concept first described in<a href="https://ethresear.ch/t/rfc-draft-anoma-as-the-universal-intent-machine-for-ethereum/19109?ref=blog.anoma.net"> this post</a> – is to primarily leverage existing service providers for ordering, compute, and storage services (often bundled together as “blockchains”, and some “solvers” or “searchers”) and knit these service providers together using the Anoma node and P2P system into a distributed network capable of supporting intent-centric applications built using the resource machine.With the Minimum Viable Resource Plasma (MVRP) architecture, Anoma provides three things:<ol><li>A framework to write native intent-centric applications, and</li><li>A network allowing those applications to instantly leverage existing services and liquidity, and</li><li>A clear interface for service providers to easily support new classes of applications.</li></ol>In a diagram, the intent flow in MVRP looks like this:<figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://blog.anoma.net/content/images/2024/11/Inte-flow-2--1-.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="" loading="lazy" width="2000" height="1125" srcset="https://blog.anoma.net/content/images/size/w600/2024/11/Inte-flow-2--1-.jpg 600w, https://blog.anoma.net/content/images/size/w1000/2024/11/Inte-flow-2--1-.jpg 1000w, https://blog.anoma.net/content/images/size/w1600/2024/11/Inte-flow-2--1-.jpg 1600w, https://blog.anoma.net/content/images/size/w2400/2024/11/Inte-flow-2--1-.jpg 2400w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption>Intent Flow in Anoma's Minimum Viable Resource Plasma</figcaption></figure>With the Anoma mainnet:<ul><li>Operators will be able to run Anoma nodes and participate in the intent gossip network, solving, and settlement per their preferences.</li><li>Solvers will be able to combine Anoma intent liquidity and EVM intent liquidity and settle atomically in a single transaction.</li><li>Developers will be able to write intent-centric applications using the resource machine and Juvix, with transparent, succinct, and zero-knowledge proof options.</li><li>Users will be able to define their own security model, choosing service providers for network relay, compute, storage, and ordering in their intents, which the Anoma network will then coordinate and the application logic will then enforce.</li></ul><h3 id="how-will-anoma-be-deployed">How will Anoma be deployed?</h3>For the past few years, Anoma ecosystem teams have been conducting (and<a href="https://art.anoma.net/?ref=blog.anoma.net"> publishing</a>) research and developing<a href="https://github.com/anoma/anoma?ref=blog.anoma.net"> early prototypes</a>. This has led to the overall system architecture and current plan to deploy Anoma in a series of phases designed to facilitate the collection and incorporation of developer and ecosystem feedback with rapid iterations, and to start building real applications. The following plan is an initial proposal and is subject to change at any time in the future. Please follow <a href="https://x.com/anoma?ref=blog.anoma.net" rel="noreferrer">Anoma on X</a> and other communication channels to be up to date.The Anoma roadmap to mainnet consists of three basic phases:<ol><li>Devnets, the first phase, are focused on allowing developers to start building Anoma applications, getting a feel for the system, and providing feedback which will be incorporated into design or ergonomic changes as necessary. Devnets are aimed exclusively at developers – beware, here be dragons! – and will iterate until there is a stable application development API and a handful of solid apps.</li><li>Testnets, the second phase, are focused on allowing users to start playing with (testnet) Anoma applications built by the early developers, and providing feedback on UX and functionality which will be incorporated into design or application changes as necessary. Testnets are aimed at both developers and users, and should be more stable than devnets, but changes will still happen on a periodic cadence.</li><li>Mainnet, the third phase, includes a stable application development interface and full support for the Resource Plasma architecture. Mainnet does not include any Anoma-specific token or Anoma-specific consensus – but thanks to the Plasma architecture, this is not necessary for developers and users to build and use real applications with real value. In this stage, the focus will be on making Anoma applications valuable for users, and coordinating further protocol iteration and efficiency improvements as necessary to achieve that. The mainnet version will first include deployments of the protocol adapter (allowing intent settlement) to the Ethereum mainnet and Ethereum L2s, followed by other chains and ecosystems. Successive versions after launch will bring additional options to applications including private solving, FHE, MPC, threshold encryption, on-demand consensus, and Chimera chains.</li></ol>Thanks for reading! Please leave any feedback and questions on the <a href="https://research.anoma.net/t/post-discussion-anoma-roadmap-to-launch/860?ref=blog.anoma.net" rel="noreferrer">forums</a>.

Anoma's Roadmap to Mainnet

We are thrilled to announce the completion of the 3rd round for <a href="https://anoma.net/?ref=blog.anoma.net">Anoma</a> – raising a total of USD 25M. The round was co-led by returning fund CMCC Global and included the participation of Electric Capital, who has supported all rounds so far. <blockquote>"We are thrilled to be co-leading this fundraising round of Anoma. The team is pushing the boundaries of protocol design and reimagining how base layer infrastructure should operate. It is refreshing to see Anoma’s designs and philosophy against the backdrop of a homogenous group of layer 1 smart contract platforms." – Charlie Morris, Co-founder and Managing Partner at CMCC Global</blockquote>We welcome many new backers into the ecosystem including: Delphi Digital, Dialectic, KR1, Spartan, NGC, MH Ventures, Bixin Ventures, No Limit, WAGMI, Plassa, Perridon Ventures, Anagram, and Factor, as well as more than 30 angels of diverse backgrounds, from founders of L1s and dApps to ZK cryptographers and systems designers.<blockquote>"We at Delphi Ventures are thrilled to support Anoma in its quest to fundamentally alter the way we interact within permissionless systems. We believe that Anoma's vision aligns perfectly with the principles of Crypto, fostering a decentralized and user-centric internet. Anoma's intent-centric architecture represents a significant advancement across all fronts of blockchain infrastructure including scalability, UX, privacy and interoperability. We are excited to be part of their journey towards revolutionizing decentralized applications." – Tommy Shaughnessy, Founding Partner of Delphi Digital</blockquote>The Anoma Foundation completed two fundraising rounds in 2020 and 2021 respectively, both led by Polychain Capital, with the participation of funds including Coinbase Ventures, P2P Capital, Figment, ZKV, Maven 11, Chorus One, Lemniscap, CMS, Wicklow Capital, Informal Systems, and the Interchain Foundation.Anoma is the first ever intent-centric architecture, introducing a new paradigm for building infrastructure layers and a new operating system for decentralized applications. Anoma’s intent-centricity introduces novel primitives that allow existing web2.5 dApps to be fully decentralized, such as optimistic and ZK rollups, DEXs, NFT marketplaces, or public goods funding applications like Gitcoin.<blockquote>"We’re super excited to be investing into Anoma. Their intent-centricity and inherent focus on low-level privacy promises to unlock novel use-cases, particularly in areas such as next-generation DeFi, and represents a major step forward for the space." – Ryan Zurrer, Founder of Dialectic</blockquote>On a meta level, Anoma’s architecture is designed from the ground up for applications that involve infinite users, issuing infinite numbers of intents, each of arbitrary complexity. Anoma makes it straightforward to build novel applications that are otherwise clunky, limited or impossible to build on existing architectures including Ethereum (EVM) and Ethereum-like protocols. Example novel applications include runtime rollups, multiparty, multivariate bartering, DeFi dApps such as sealed-bid second price auctions, privacy-preserving DAOs, and new age / Game B economic systems such as <a href="https://www.radicalxchange.org/concepts/plural-money/?ref=blog.anoma.net">plural money</a>, <a href="https://cofi.informal.systems/?ref=blog.anoma.net">Collaborative Finance</a>, and <a href="https://pluranimity.org/2022/09/26/towards-heterotopia/?ref=blog.anoma.net">Heterotopia</a>.Similar to when Ethereum was first introduced in a world of Bitcoin and Bitcoin-like architectures-only, our journey so far has been full of challenges. After more than 2 years of building Anoma and the ecosystem, it is incredibly heartening to see that the rest of the space is starting to get excited about the concept of intents and seeing Anoma’s architecture in production.The marathon continues apace, as we’re getting ready for Namada’s mainnet launch in the next months – and continuing to build the Anoma protocol and its entire stack, including <a href="https://github.com/anoma/taiga?ref=blog.anoma.net">Taiga</a>, <a href="https://github.com/anoma/typhon?ref=blog.anoma.net">Typhon</a>, <a href="https://github.com/anoma/vamp-ir?ref=blog.anoma.net">Vamp-ir</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/anoma/juvix?ref=blog.anoma.net">Juvix</a>. On the Anoma front, we’re getting ready for a first public testnet with example dApps and developer tools, which will enable the very first developers to build the first applications in this intent-centric and declarative paradigm.A big thank you to all backers, partners, and teams in the ecosystem who have supported us so far and to the team at Heliax for all the hard work so far – and thank you to the new partners for boldly supporting a radically novel architecture and category creator.We couldn’t do it without you!<a href="http://twitter.com/adrian_brink?ref=blog.anoma.net">Adrian Brink</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/awasunyin?ref=blog.anoma.net">Awa Sun Yin</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/cwgoes?ref=blog.anoma.net">Christopher Goes</a> Anoma Foundation Council

Anoma Blog

News

Anoma's Roadmap to Mainnet

The Anoma Foundation Announces the 3rd Fundraise for Anoma