Enso - Building Blockchain Shortcuts for Apps, Agents & More: What You Need to Know
Powering Berachain Launch, Intent Engine & Simplifying Web3 Development
It’s time to cover something non-AI-agent related, as this niche has dominated our coverage lately, both on this newsletter and other platforms. The market has rapidly swung back toward the upside after getting off to a rocky start to the year. In the noise market participants might have forgotten that Berachain, arguably the most anticipated chain launch of this cycle, will soon be going live. And at the core of this launch is Boyco, powered by Enso…
Enso builds blockchain shortcuts; whether it’s apps, agents, or something in between, teams can use Enso to abstract away the pain points of development. In today’s edition, we’ll focus on what Enso is, how it simplifies the Web3 development process and more. With AI agents running amok and new chains launching, the possibilities for what can be built onchain are larger than ever; Enso makes it easy to turn ideas into reality.
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Background on Enso
Enso describes itself as the connectivity layer of crypto. Our readers will be well familiar with liquidity fragmentation; this train of thought can be applied to ‘smart contract fragmentation’, which is what has happened after years of blockchain development have resulted in numerous smart contracts on separate chains.
It is this problem of usability that Enso operates as the core of. Enso delivers a shared network state consisting of many smart contracts across L1s and L2s, made much more usable by giving developers access through one simplified and usable protocol. The idea is that developers can use Enso to spend less time working on these manual integrations, and more time working on their core product that only they can improve upon.
To provide this experience, the shared network state has smart contract abstractions added to its repertoire by contributors, called action providers. Graphers go through these contributions with a fine comb and effectively are incentivized to make them as easy to integrate as possible by consumers (developers using Enso). Consumers request smart contracts from the shared network state via expressing their intent. Validators act as the facilitator between the intent requests and the contributions, finding the best solution fitting with the consumer’s needs.
While currently tokenless, Enso plans to launch its TGE relatively soon. This native token will actually also have some key functionality within the protocol, used for governance and gas-enabling requests. More importantly, each party involved in the Enso shared network state (excluding consumers) will also have to stake Enso to align incentives. This keeps the system running, as misbehavior can then result in slashing. Users themselves will then also be able to delegate their stake to existing network participants.
Right now, Enso is accessed through its API, with the decentralized network in its testnet phase. The team is also building out templates and other features to make requesting smart contract abstractions with Enso easier.
Like some of the most successful protocols and platforms we’ve seen take off this cycle, Enso too has seen its fair share of pivots before finding greater success.
To date, Enso-backed tooling has facilitated over $13B in settlement volumes, as well as 450K+ intents, across 180+ pre-built integrations. CowSwap, Royco (and now Boyco), and dozens of other Web3 names have integrated Enso’s intent engine to save developer hours and streamlining the process of managing deployments on multiple chains.
Enso Powering Berachain Launch
Berachain needs no introduction, as likely the most highly-anticipated chain. What users might not know however, is that Enso is playing a pivotal role in bootstrapping key liquidity at the time of launch. Enso and Royco Protocol have partnered to facilitate Boyco, Berachain’s liquidity bootstrapping event that will occur pre-launch. The early days of a chain’s launch are very important, especially for something like Berachain which was unique mechanisms embedded in its chain design, as well as a large ecosystem already existing before launch. Boyco allows these ecosystem projects to acquire liquidity ahead of launch, something we really haven’t seen before with other chains.
Enso’s infrastructure is being used to handle this unique process, specifically the routing of funds ahead of launch on the Boyco UI, and making sure that this liquidity successfully makes its way to the specified protocols directly after launch. This entire process is made much easier through Enso’s smart contract abstractions, as opposed to having to manually integrate all of these protocols individually when routing liquidity from various chains. It may not have otherwise been possible to efficiently facilitate this process otherwise.
In addition to simplifying things for developers, users have an easier time as well. Users can stay right within the Boyco app, with multiple approvals and signatures bundled together to shorten the process of depositing on Boyco. The Berachain launch has a lot of eyes on it, and the unique ways in which liquidity bootstrapping is handled before, during, and directly after launch will be a case study of sorts for other chains like MegaETH or Monad. Over $1.5B has already made its way through Boyco and into pre-launch vaults, powered by Enso.
How Enso Shortcuts Enable AI Agent Execution
Last but not least; we said we wouldn’t be discussing AI agents today, but Enso has just recently introduced its take on building AI agents with Enso. Enso is looking to bridge the execution gap, something sorely needed in the AI agents space, specifically in DeFAI, where Enso is best suited to help. DeFAI thrives off of integrations, using agents as a means of communicating in natural language with said agent performing the requested action across an aggregated list of matching protocols. As mentioned above, Enso is already integrated with over 180 protocols, with a unique method of determining which given smart contract abstractions may make the most sense for a certain consumer.
Whether it’s crosschain token swaps, asset management, or other services, Enso’s existing integrations can allow developers to plug-and-play when it comes to making these accessible via agent. Several AI agent projects have already been developed using Enso’s infrastructure, including SphereOne and Velvet.
Enso’s foray into this space is beneficial for AI agent developers, as well as Enso itself, who can see more demand for its services in a hot area as this sector grows relative to other areas of crypto. These kinds of efforts are valuable in the AI space especially, where relatively basic AI agent creation platforms have garnered massive traction, creating a need for more sophisticated tooling and shortcuts.
Overall, Enso has found its place in the market, making chain abstraction real with its unique shared network state system. Whether it’s contributing to the Berachain launch or putting itself out there in regards to AI agents; the team has made sure to put Enso at the forefront of areas where there will be demand from developers for blockchain shortcuts. With TGE and mainnet on the way, along with the Berachain launch, there’s a lot to look out for with Enso…
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