Intent is an abstract trend, and few projects pursue it. But this is the type of technology that can "one step change the landscape of the entire Blockchain industry".
CKB and their engineering team have been working on Intent since 2019 and it was not until 2023 that people started to develop Intent. In the CKB world from the early days, they called Intent Open transaction.
Open Transaction (OTX) or Nervos CKB's open transaction format is a groundbreaking and confusing concept. This is considered the dark horse of Nervos in the race between Layer1. Let's explore what open trading (OTX) is and how magical it is through a [Reddit AMA between community member and Jordan Mack](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/s/ Mf1qYLU3DR) - Co-founder and also software engineer of Nervos in September 2023.