Trails is an intent-powered orchestration protocol that enables 1-click transactions from any wallet seamlessly with unified user liquidity across all chains.
In contrast to typical cross-chain solutions, Trails sources onchain liquidity and aggregates all user balances for every token across every chain in a user’s wallet
as options for any transaction. Trails natively integrates and complements existing bridging, filler, or solver infrastructure by sourcing them as liquidity and contributing volume.Trails is free to integrate and is optimized for a variety of use cases for the most common flows in crypto, for example:
Pay: Enable cross-chain, 1-click payments with any token. Ideal for ecommerce platforms, NFT marketplaces, real-world asset purchases, and minimal-slippage stablecoin transactions.
Swap: Embed low-latency, highly liquid cross-chain token swaps for your applications.
Fund: Maximize TVL and transaction velocity by funding via fiat or crypto such as perpetual exchanges, prediction markets, and chains. Utilizing our intent address primitive, we are able to support nearly any token or chain - even if the onramp provider doesn’t.
Earn: Streamline DeFi yield opportunities by enabling deposits into tokenized vaults, lending pools, and yield strategies from any token on any chain already integrated into Trails.
Trails introduces a novel ‘intent address’ primitive powered by account abstraction tech that enables onchain verifiable execution trustlessly in 1-click from the user. Here’s a simplified view on how Trails works:
App Defines Intent: Create a payment transaction (mint, deposit, swap, etc) for any chain in any token.
Trails Inspects: Can this succeed with the assets held on current chain? Yes = Direct Call. No = Continue Orchestration.
User Selects Route: Trails presents an aggregated balance of the user’s assets across all chains for the user to select from.
Trails Orchestrates Transaction: Intelligently combines and optimizes swap + bridge + execute for the selected route to fulfill the transaction.
Execute Transaction: User confirms the transaction via their wallet which deposits the amount requested into a Trails ‘intent address’. Trails handles any swaps, bridges, or executions automatically!
This architecture enables developers to build sophisticated transaction experiences while abstracting the underlying complexity of multichain operations. All you have to do is specify what transaction and any payment options to execute
whether cross or same chain. Developers can pass in calldata to execute any arbitrary smart contract functions.For more details, please check out the dedicated page to learn more.
Trails is complementary to existing cross-chain and chain abstraction infrastructure. It is highly pluggable and leverages various fillers, solvers, DEXs, and bridges for maximum liquidity and low-slippage across a wide variety of tokens and routes. In short, Trails enhances the flow of funds for the underlying infrastructure.Wallet Support: Trails works with any wallet including EOA wallets (MetaMask), smart wallets (Coinbase Smart Wallet), and embedded wallets (Privy). EIP-7702 is not required.Chain Support: Trails supports any EVM-compatible chain. See supported chains for the full list.
