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Paymaster

A smart contract in the ERC-4337 account abstraction system that sponsors gas fees on behalf of users.

Definition

A smart contract in the ERC-4337 account abstraction system that sponsors gas fees on behalf of users. Instead of paying for gas yourself, a paymaster can cover the cost, letting you transact even with an empty ETH balance. DApps use paymasters to remove the gas barrier for new users.

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ERC-4337

The Ethereum standard for account abstraction without changing the core protocol.

Gas

The fee paid to process transactions on Ethereum and similar blockchains.

Account Abstraction

A way to make crypto wallets behave more like normal apps by turning every account into a smart contract.

ABI

Application Binary Interface.

Account Model

The way Ethereum and many other chains track balances.

Actively Validated Service (AVS)

A service or protocol that uses EigenLayer's restaked ETH for its security instead of bootstrapping its own validator set.

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