Ethereum and Base Developers Part Ways on Account Abstraction Standards

Development teams for Ethereum and Base have decided to independently pursue their respective account abstraction standards, EIP-8141 and EIP-8130, after failing to reach a consensus on a unified solution. Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang noted that the collaboration stalled due to differing priorities: Ethereum developers focused on censorship resistance, privacy, and security, while Base prioritized scalability, customizability, and regulatory compliance. This split will require wallet developers to support two distinct native transaction formats.