# AIP-14: Account Abstraction: ERC-4337 with EIP-7702 Bridge, not Native AA

## Preamble

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| AIP | 14 |
| Title | Account Abstraction: ERC-4337 with EIP-7702 Bridge, not Native AA |
| Author | Aere Network Foundation |
| Type | Informational |
| Category | (none) |
| Status | Final |
| Created | 2026-07-19 |
| Requires | 6 |
| Supersedes | None |
| Superseded-By | None |
| Ratification | Foundation-ratified (pre-decentralization) |

## Abstract

This AIP records the decision to deliver programmable accounts through ERC-4337
smart accounts with EIP-7702 as the migration bridge, rather than protocol-level
native account abstraction. It backfills a decision already live on chain 2800.
The normative stack is in AIP-6; this record captures the decision framing.

## Motivation

Aere wants programmable accounts (recovery, passkey ownership, post-quantum
ownership, gas sponsorship) without breaking EVM and externally-owned-account
compatibility.

## Specification

ERC-4337 (v0.7) smart accounts as the account-abstraction path, with EIP-7702
(live under the Pectra ruleset) as the migration bridge that lets existing
externally-owned accounts delegate to smart-account code. EIP-3074 is **not**
implemented.

## Rationale

ERC-4337 needs no consensus change, is an established standard with an existing
bundler and tooling ecosystem, and delivers programmable accounts (including the
Falcon-owned post-quantum smart account `AerePQCAccountFactory`) without touching
the protocol, preserving exact EVM and Ethereum compatibility. EIP-7702 is the
chosen bridge precisely because it upgrades existing externally-owned accounts in
place without forcing a disruptive "everything is a contract" change.

**Alternatives rejected.** Native, protocol-level account abstraction up to an
"all accounts are smart accounts by default" end state: it changes what an
account fundamentally is, breaking existing tooling, contracts, and user keys.
EIP-3074, an earlier proposal for empowering externally-owned accounts: it was
superseded upstream by EIP-7702, which is the mechanism Aere carries.

## Backwards Compatibility

Existing externally-owned accounts keep working unchanged. Migration via EIP-7702
is opt-in per account.

## Security Considerations

The EntryPoints are Aere's own ERC-4337-compatible implementations: compatible in
shape and interface but **not byte-identical to Ethereum's canonical audited
singleton**. Integrators should treat them as Aere-specific and should not assume
the upstream audit applies to them. These contracts have not had an external
audit.

Gasless onboarding is subsidized (Foundation-funded, rate-limited), not free. A
paymaster that runs out of funds stops sponsoring; onboarding degrades rather
than fails silently.

## Reference Implementation and On-Chain Deployment

The normative stack (accounts, factories, paymasters, EntryPoints) with addresses
is in AIP-6. Chain ID 2800.

## Errata

None.

## Copyright

Released to the public domain (CC0). No rights reserved.