Derek Chiang

Ethlabs

2026-09-14 13:51:27

Ethlabs researcher says Base and Ethereum L1 have split on account abstraction standards

Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang said collaboration between two account abstraction proposals, EIP-8130 led by Base and EIP-8141 led by Ethereum Layer 1, formally broke down last week. In his account, Ethereum and Base will now move ahead with different AA standards rather than a shared framework. Chiang said the split reflects a basic mismatch in priorities between L1 and L2 systems. Ethereum L1 is focused on censorship resistance, privacy, and post-quantum security, while L2 networks such as Base are prioritizing high throughput, compliance, and customizability. He added that both sides had tried to find a common standard that could serve both sets of goals, but any workable design would have required at least one side to give ground on issues it considered central. According to Chiang, the immediate cost of that fragmentation will fall on wallet developers. He outlined two possible paths from here: build a broader coordination mechanism that includes more stakeholders to govern shared resources such as the EVM, or accept fragmentation between L1 and L2 as unavoidable and focus on wallets and applications that abstract away the differences underneath.

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Ethlabs researcher says Base and Ethereum L1 have split on account abstraction standards

Ethlabs researcher says Base and Ethereum L1 have split on account abstraction standards

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