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Superseded-By	None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 EIP-3074, an earlier proposal for empowering externally-owned accounts: it was superseded upstream by EIP-7702, which is the mechanism Aere carries.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.

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