Partnership between Ethereum and Base on account abstraction standards breaks down, with EIP-8141 and EIP-8130 to proceed independently.

According to TechFlow, on September 15, Ethlabs member Derek Chiang stated that collaboration on account abstraction (AA) between EIP-8130 and EIP-8141 (Frame Transactions) collapsed last week, with Base and Ethereum advancing separate AA standards. He noted that the EVM has long connected L1s and L2s through a unified Externally Owned Account (EOA) model and EIP-1559 transaction types, but as the industry matures, the core requirements of Ethereum L1 and L2 are diverging.

Chiang stated that Ethereum L1 places greater emphasis on censorship resistance, open-source development, privacy, and security, thus requiring support for post-quantum signature aggregation, privacy protocols, and flexible, scalable account models; whereas L2 focuses more on scalability, customization, and compliance, necessitating clearer and enforceable account and transaction rules. Both parties had previously attempted to establish a common standard compatible with both L1 and L2, but the proposed technical solutions all required at least one side to compromise on core objectives, ultimately leading both to proceed independently.

He believes that the divergence of AA standards will increase the burden on wallets managing multi-chain experiences, but this is not necessarily a negative outcome. If wallets and applications can abstract away underlying differences, users may still enjoy a seamless cross-chain experience. Chiang also noted that the Ethereum community could eventually govern shared L1 and L2 resources like the EVM through broader coordination mechanisms, or simply accept the trend of EVM and wallet experience divergence while investing resources into building wallets and applications that effectively mask these differences.