The problem Chia Offers solves.

Counterparty risk is a common concern in transactions, involving the potential for attackers to take your assets. Traditional finance relies on trusted intermediaries like escrow services, which hold assets until transaction conditions are met. However, on the internet, an attacker may also control the escrow service. This common attack leads to significant asset losses. Blockchain, specifically the Chia blockchain, addresses this issue effectively. Using a UTXO-style architecture and aggregatable BLS Signatures, Chia enables users to propose transactions ("Offers") that others can accept. The blockchain executes these zero-trust transactions, delivering assets to respective wallets. This allows individuals and institutions to conduct counterparty risk-free transactions.

Creating an offer as quickly as possible was my north star for this feature.

Early Offers Interfaces

Early Concepts for NFT offers were based on token trading interfaces and seemed overly complex. The established interface pattern broke when trying to trade multiple NFT's or groups of assets for groups of other assets.

An offer sets the conditions for both sides of a transaction, so I chose to create two columns. One for items you own and want to trade and another for items you would like to trade for.

This new paradigm for trading is new and unfamiliar and so, It’s essential we make the user think as little as possible. Hiding asset types under a dropdown menu might be more minimal looking but it complicates the mental decision-making needed to create a trade. Placing all asset categories at the top level allows users to immediately see their options and construct an offer.

The Offer Builder interface allows for multiple assets to be traded and could include logic. In this case an OR operator (in black) could execute the trade if either of the conditions are met.