The Ethereum and Base dev teams are parting ways on a shared wallet standard, opting instead to push ahead separately with two different takes on account abstraction: EIP-8141 and EIP-8130. Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang broke the news about the end of joint efforts on a unified solution.

What Happened

The attempt to hammer out a single wallet standard built on account abstraction has fizzled out. According to Derek Chiang, collaboration between the teams behind EIP-8130 and EIP-8141 is over, and now Ethereum and Base are each charting their own course.

What Are These Initiatives?

Both EIP-8141 and EIP-8130 are aimed at pushing account abstraction forward in the Ethereum ecosystem. From here on out, these proposals will go their own ways, with no consolidated standard tying them together.

Why It Matters

Dropping the unified approach means the ecosystem will see two independent takes on account abstraction roll out. That keeps things diverse, but also ups the odds that Ethereum and Base end up with incompatible implementations.