Exclusive Interview: Anoma Co-founder: Web3 is dead due to EVM involution, and we are rebuilding everything with "intention" at the core.

The Layer 1 public chain Anoma, which aims to create a Web3 OS system with “Intent” as its core, is about to issue its coin. Before the issuance, the Dongqu special correspondent conducted an exclusive interview with its co-founder Adrian during the Korean Blockchain Week, revealing Adrian's thoughts on the construction and future prospects of Anoma. (Background: The unified operating system Anoma launched its Mainnet on Ethereum, and the XAN token is listed on Binance and Bybit.) (Additional background: Anoma (XAN) will officially launch on Binance and Bybit, with exclusive Airdrop activities provided by Binance Alpha.) The subject of this interview is a hardcore Web3 infrastructure builder, Anoma's co-founder Adrian. His background began with academic research (anti-censorship voting), then deepened into core development of Cosmos, and finally founded his own validator company. The original intention behind Anoma's founding stemmed from his boredom and dissatisfaction with the “involution” in the current Web3 industry, for example: many L1/L2 chains on the blockchain are essentially just copying Ethereum's EVM without any applicability or user presence. He wanted to break this involution, thus founding Anoma. Anoma's vision is not to create a faster chain but to build a “decentralized operating system for Web3”, a new architecture centered on “Intent (Intent)” that can unify and abstract the complexities of all underlying chains. Adrian's background as Anoma's co-founder Dongqu: Hello, Adrian! Can you first tell us about your background and what made you want to establish Anoma, this L1 blockchain centered on “Intent”? Adrian: I entered the Crypto space in 2015 and 2016 for my master's thesis, which focused on implementing anti-censorship electronic voting on Ethereum. I entered this field not from a financial perspective but from the viewpoint of sovereign infrastructure (sovereign infrastructure). I am quite concerned about the occurrence of World War III, and blockchain offers a possibility to rebuild the financial system, making it highly resilient and sovereign. In 2017, I joined Cosmos as the third core developer. By 2020, I noticed a clear problem: all new chains were just doing the same thing—“We want to create a slightly different EVM.” They have not solved the problem of counterparty discovery, have not addressed user data sovereignty, and have not fundamentally brought anything new. The birth of Anoma stems from a desire to do something truly interesting and meaningful again. The birth of Anoma as a blockchain centered on intent Dongqu: You believe the biggest issue in current Web3 is “fragmentation.” How does Anoma's proposed transition from “Virtual Machine (VM)” to “Intent Machine (IM)” solve this problem? Adrian: Anoma is the first decentralized operating system designed for Web3. It allows developers to focus on writing the applications they love, rather than being forced to choose which chain to settle on. The core of this transition lies in our realization that users do not have “transactions”; they only have “intents.” Existing systems are designed around the Bitcoin model, but in a purely digital world, I am not buying milk in a physical store; my need is “I want to exchange BTC for ETH with anyone in the world.” Anoma's intent machine is designed to accurately capture this high-level abstract need. It solves fragmentation by allowing applications to define where their state is stored. For example, transaction states can be stored on Solana, while long-term assets are stored on Ethereum. Users no longer need to manually engage in cumbersome cross-chain operations; they only need to express a high-level intent, and the system will execute the optimal path for them. Dongqu: Anoma's hybrid consensus mechanism sounds special, claiming to be “more decentralized than Bitcoin and faster than Solana.” What is the principle behind this? What benefits does it bring to developers? Adrian: Yes, if you run Anoma locally, you can always be faster than Solana because the speed of local consensus is the speed of light. And if you need extremely high decentralization and security, you can choose to run consensus globally, which will naturally slow down, just like Bitcoin. The best part is, as a developer, you do not need to make this trade-off for your users. You can develop a transaction application, and then users can decide for themselves: for small payments, they might choose fast local consensus; for large real estate transactions, they would choose a more secure national consensus. This is completely different from Ethereum's design, which locks and forces everyone to use the same consensus, giving developers and users great flexibility. Anoma's Mainnet launch and coin issuance plan Dongqu: Anoma's Mainnet is about to launch and will initially support Ethereum. What direct opportunities does this mean for developers? Adrian: If you are a developer looking to build novel and cool applications, now is the time. To be honest, since 2017, there has been no fundamental innovation at the infrastructure level in this field. What you can do on Ethereum is not much different from what you could do in 2017. Anoma provides developers with a wealth of new tools to build applications that can be genuinely used and are user-friendly. Our goal is to first conquer Web3, then leverage Web2's power, and eventually upgrade the world's coordination systems. Dongqu: The community is very concerned about your tokenomics, especially with up to 25% reserved for the community and the interesting “Shrimp NFT.” Can you share the design thinking behind this? Adrian: Anoma is primarily an open-source community, a community concerned about the long-term development of human coordinating infrastructure. The design of the token is intended to reflect this, allowing the community to participate in the governance, risks, and benefits of the system. As for why it is a Shrimp NFT? I have to admit it was the team's idea; they showed it to me, and I thought they looked interesting and cute, a cultural symbol that the community can play with. It's that simple! Further reading: Anoma announces $XAN tokenomics: total supply of 10 billion, 25% airdropped to the community, how long is the lock-up period? Dongqu: As a builder in Web3 solving complex problems, besides coding, do you have any interests or habits to gain inspiration or relax? Adrian: I have two things I do to relax. One is playing video games, mainly “League of Legends.” The other is that I find full-contact combat sports, such as Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Judo, more effective than any meditation. Honestly, getting hit once or twice a week is more useful than anything else. Because during a fight, you must be 100% focused; otherwise, you will get hit in the face. If you need to relax, go do Muay Thai; I strongly recommend it. Related reports: A 985 degree is not as good as 10,000 fans; Xiaohongshu is becoming a new hunting ground for cryptocurrency exchanges. AnomaPay officially launched: supporting multi-chain stablecoin payments, creating a global privacy routing network. Anoma …