In traditional finance, you declare outcomes. "Open a delta-neutral position." "Rebalance my portfolio to 60/40." The system figures out the rest. In DeFi, you're handed a checklist.
Want to open a delta-neutral staked LP position on Base starting from USDC on Arbitrum? Here's what that actually looks like:
Bridge USDC from Arbitrum to Base
Swap USDC to wstETH
Swap USDC to WETH
Approve wstETH for Aave
Supply wstETH to Aave
Borrow WETH from Aave
Approve wstETH for Aerodrome
Approve WETH for Aerodrome
Add liquidity to Aerodrome wstETH/WETH pool
Multiple transactions. Multiple protocols. Constant context-switching. Miss step 6? You're stuck mid-execution with a half-built position and no clean exit.
This is the Transactional Loop: users forced to think in steps rather than outcomes. It's why sophisticated DeFi remains inaccessible.
Declarative Transactions flip this model.
Instead of sequencing each step manually, you define two things: what you're starting with, and where you want to end up. Haiku handles everything in between.
Here's what that same delta-neutral position looks like declaratively:
What you have. What you want. One transaction.
The routing engine calculates the path in real-time and bundles every operation into a single transaction. The entire strategy succeeds, or nothing happens. No partial fills. No stuck positions.
Here's how that flow looks:
Most execution infrastructure focuses on simple swaps: Token A to Token B. That's the head of the distribution, and it's well-served.
DeFi's real complexity lives in the tail.
"Basket swap all my stables to liquid staked ETH derivatives."
"Open a leveraged loop on Aave."
"Move my delta-neutral concentrated liquidity position to a chain with better yield."
These aren't hypotheticals. They're the strategies sophisticated users actually need, and they've been effectively impossible to execute without manual effort or months of custom development.
Declarative Transactions solve the entire distribution. One API that handles everything from simple swaps to cross-chain portfolio rebalancing. No custom solvers. No protocol-specific integrations.
For users: Strategies that previously required multiple transactions and expert knowledge now execute in one click.
For protocols: Sophisticated DeFi products ship in days, not months. Leveraged loops, delta-neutral vaults, cross-chain rebalancing: all without building execution infrastructure from scratch.
For DeFi: The gap between what's possible and what's accessible finally closes.
Declarative Transactions are live today. Sub-200ms route calculation. 20 networks. 45+ integrated protocols.
DeFi promised permissionless finance. Declarative Transactions deliver permissionless execution.
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