thirdweb supports ERC-7579 Smart Accounts!

January 10, 2025

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Modular smart accounts powered by ERC-7579

thirdweb Smart Accounts, built on the ERC-4337 standard, offer programmability, batch transactions, and social recovery.

These types of wallets have already changed the web3 game, removing the need for seed phrases and adding extra functionalities. By combining this technology with modular contracts, smart accounts just got even smarter.

Introducing: thirdweb modular smart accounts powered by ERC-7579

Modular Smart Accounts expand the functionality of traditional smart accounts with the power to add, remove, or upgrade specific features. This is achieved by creating interoperable modules for smart account contracts using the ERC-7579 standard.

WHY BOTHER WITH MODULAR SMART ACCOUNTS?

🎨 Custom Features - Add new features even after deployment

🔒️ Future Proofing - Simply upgrade wallets as and when you need

👶 Seamless onboarding - Enable gasless transactions & social logins

🧘 Simplicity - Easy to implement, fit together & start using immediately

And with thirdweb, building your own modular smart accounts is easy! Check out the full guide to get started 👇️ 

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Last month, we launched thirdweb Nebula, the most powerful AI for interacting with the blockchain. It’s trained on every smart contract and every EVM, and has real-time access to blockchain data—a game-changer for any EVM builder.

To start sharing Nebula with our community of builders, we've launched a new startup program to explore how AI can supercharge your web3 app. It’s the perfect opportunity for builders at the intersection between crypto and AI!

Applications open today! So, if you’re building in the web3 AI space and want to be where the innovation is, sign up to learn directly from the creators of Nebula (and enjoy early access 👀 ).

Applications close on Wednesday, January 22nd, so don’t wait around!

Support for EIP-7702

Sometime this year, the Ethereum network will undergo the Pectra upgrade. One of the EIPs planned as part of the Pectra upgrade is EIP-7702, a significant step for account abstraction.

EIP-7702 will give EOAs on the Ethereum network the power to execute code, thus gaining smart account capabilities.

This will be a significant moment, since current account abstraction wallets require separate addresses from EOAs and their functions are more difficult to upgrade.

With EIP-7702, EOAs become performant smart wallets that are also upgradeable.

Some networks, such as Odyssey, have already enabled EIP-7702.

That’s why we’ve already added support: so you can stay on top of innovation and start building!

That’s all for this week folks! Check in next week for more news, freshly shipped features & updates. And if you can’t wait until then, check out our latest blog posts on: What the Virtuals protocol is & What AI16Z is

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