Glossary definition

ERC-4337

ERC-4337 is an account-abstraction system that routes UserOperations through bundlers and an EntryPoint contract without changing Ethereum consensus rules.

also: EIP-4337, account abstraction, UserOperation · reviewed July 22, 2026

Users submit UserOperation objects to a separate mempool. Bundlers validate and package them into transactions that call a shared EntryPoint; a smart account supplies its own signature and authorization logic. Optional paymasters can sponsor gas under application-defined conditions.

The additional validation path creates security questions around simulation, gas accounting, nonce design, signature aggregation, paymaster state, factory deployment, upgradeability, and interactions with EIP-7702. The ERC-4337 specification is the source of truth. The migrated Wake detector article covers specific implementation checks.

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