Big changes coming to Ethereum’s account abstraction to save on gas

Ethereum smart accounts are getting tweaked in an upgrade to reduce gas usage on layer-2 networks.

The Ethereum Foundation is set to push through major changes to the account abstraction standard in Ethereum to reduce gas consumption — particularly for layer 2s.

On Jan. 10, the Ethereum Foundation shared a preview of the drastic changes to the ERC-4337 standard specification, which deals with account abstraction, also known as smart accounts.

The new version 0.7 applies learnings from nine months of ERC-4337 being used, according to developer John Rising in an update shared with Cointelegraph.

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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/big-changes-coming-ethereum-smart-account-abstraction-gas-fees