EIP‑7702 Just Made EOAs Smarter: Here’s How You Can Ship It Today
The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) just received a major UX upgrade. With the Pectra hard fork going live on May 7, Ethereum introduced EIP-7702. This set of features allows a regular externally owned account (EOA) to temporarily behave like a smart account during a transaction. As a result, user and developer experience improves through features like simplified gas sponsorship, transaction batching, and session keys.
For developers and teams already working with EOAs, this is a game-changer. EIP-7702 keeps everything compatible with your current infrastructure, allowing you to start using smart account-like behavior in your flows with very little overhead. In the sections below, we’ll further explore EIP-7702 and explain how you can get started with it today.
How EIP-7702 Enhances the Developer and User Experience
EIP‑7702 enables smart account functionality directly in EOAs without requiring a separate smart contract deployment. This opens the door for developers to:
- Sponsor gas fees for their users: Developers can more easily cover transaction fees on behalf of users, enabling simple onboarding and usage without requiring the user to hold ETH in their wallet.
- Provide users with the ability to batch transactions: Bundling operations like swaps, bridging, and approvals into a single operation streamlines complex workflows and makes wallet migrations significantly easier for users.
- Issue session keys for a frictionless experience: Temporary keys can be issued for specific durations or purposes, reducing friction in repeat interactions without requiring constant wallet prompts or popups.
By making key parts of the user journey less complex, these features help streamline onboarding and make wallets feel more like accounts. Wallets that haven’t yet adopted EIP‑7702 can fall back to the standard ERC‑4337 flow. Dynamic detects and handles both paths automatically.
What This Looks Like in Practice
EIP‑7702 makes transacting feel like magic. No confusing onboarding or hoops to jump through—just a few clicks and you're done. Here’s a few examples of what that kind of user experience looks like in real-life flows:
- DEX swaps become a single approve-and-trade operation, with fees handled behind the scenes.
- NFT mints allow users to mint or purchase from a fresh wallet without obtaining ETH.
- Web2-style checkouts feel native, with stablecoin billing and no wallet setup confusion.
- Migrating your assets to a new wallet becomes simple and instant.
- Onboarding time is cut from minutes to seconds
How to Add EIP-7702 Support with Dynamic
Getting started with EIP-7702 through Dynamic takes just a few clicks.
If you already had smart accounts enabled using ERC-4337, you can simply toggle on 7702 support for new users directly from the Dynamic dashboard. Dynamic automatically detects whether a connecting wallet supports EIP-7702 or 5792 and injects the correct paymaster accordingly.
To walk through the setup process and see real implementation examples, check out our developer documentation:
Want to Learn More About EIP-7702?
If you're looking for more background on how EIP-7702 works and why it matters, these resources are a great place to start:
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