Account abstraction crossed the adoption threshold quietly. More new wallets are smart accounts than EOAs now. The transition happened without most users noticing.
The killer features drove adoption. Social recovery so you never lose access. Session keys for seamless gaming. Sponsored transactions for onboarding. Each feature impossible with traditional accounts.
Paymaster adoption is perhaps the most significant shift. Apps covering gas for users became standard. The mental model shifted from users paying for transactions to apps paying for users. Web2 economics in Web3.
The bundler network matured significantly. Competition drove reliability up and costs down. Failed transactions from bundler issues are rare now. The infrastructure layer stabilized.
Interoperability between smart account implementations is the remaining friction. Safe accounts, Kernel accounts, Biconomy accounts all slightly different. Moving between ecosystems means account migration.
I think we're past the tipping point where EOAs become legacy. New developers default to smart accounts. The features are too compelling to ignore. The old model will persist but won't grow.
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- Pectra Changed Account Abstraction
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- Gasless UX Is Standard
Users don't think about gas anymore. Apps abstract it away or cover it entirely. The friction vanished.