Get to know ERC-4337

Extended Reading:

How to start with ERC-4337

Very curious about ERC-4337, so after some research, I finally got it:

These are the main components to ERC-4337:

  1. UserOperations are pseudo-transaction objects that are used to execute transactions with contract accounts. These are created by your app.

  2. Bundlers are actors that package UserOperations from a mempool and send them to the EntryPoint contract on the #blockchain network. Can receive UserOperations via a JSON RPC Client and submit them to the EntryPoint.

  3. EntryPoint is a smart contract that handles the verification and execution logic for transactions.

  4. Contract Accounts are smart contract accounts owned by a user.

  5. [optional] Paymasters are smart contract accounts that can sponsor transactions for Contract Accounts, enabling gasless transactions in your apps.

  6. [optional] Aggregators are smart contracts that can validate signatures for Contract Accounts.

The EntryPoint contract has been deployed on multiple chains, in the same address 0x0576a174D229E3cFA37253523E645A78A0C91B57 for: EthereumPolygonOptimisticAvalanche (only testnet)Gnosis and other supported networks:

  • Stackup was first to create a fully compliant bundler and a paymaster service.

  • Alchemy announced their first two products in the space: Bundler Services and Paymaster Services (wait list).

These ones have also built and deployed bundlers:

According to the existing consensus, having multiple bundler clients is critical for the robustness of the protocol.

Taking the information above into account, we can also answer the initial questions:

It is an interface like ERC-20, ERC-721 or ERC-1155?

No, it is a set of technical components, based on Smart Contracts. Currently there is an official EntryPoint Smart Contract developed and deployed by Ethereum Foundation, and audited by Open Zeppelin.

Could I use ERC-4337 just importing the interface (from OpenZeppelin, for example), like IERC-20, IERC-721 or IERC-1155?

No, depending on the use case to achieve, you should use an available Bundler (or Paymaster) service provider, like StackupBiconomyBlocknativeEtherspot or Candide wallet

This will be the end version of the code?

The last audited version of the code is on this Github repository branch.

It is this the ERC-4337 "official" contract?

The only "official contract" is he **EntryPoint contract that has been developed and deployed in multiple networks, by the Ethereum Foundation, and audited by Open Zeppelin in the following address: 0x0576a174D229E3cFA37253523E645A78A0C91B57

How can I use it from my Dapp?

Depending on the use case, you have to choose a Bundler or Paymaster service provider.

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