Derek Chiang (derekchiang)

Derek Chiang

Founder of ZeroDev (https://zerodev.app) -- quickly deploy AA-powered wallets and DApps. a16z CSS & YC

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I wrote some reflections on Ethereum governance following the 3074/7702 saga: https://twitter.com/decentrek/status/1790392200121225577 My thesis is that 3074 is an instance where the explicit governance power of core devs clashed with the informal governance power of researchers, and I explain the dynamics.

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There's some momentum for removing 3074 from Pectra. I want to explain why the 4337 authors are pushing back on 3074, and why it would be a mistake to remove 3074 (without replacing it with something similar): https://twitter.com/decentrek/status/1787700637914021892

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My take on 3074: https://twitter.com/decentrek/status/1784919543036719251 TLDR: 3074 is awesome, but because it’s so flexible, there’s a lot of potential for misuse. In this blog/thread, I highlighted two big pitfalls to avoid: - permission mempools - popular wallets gate-keeping account innovations

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Going to share more ZeroDev updates on FC going forward! Today we are releasing *recovery flow* -- UI components for developers to easily add account recovery to their DApps. See the tweet for code and demo: https://twitter.com/zerodev_app/status/1747313992756765078

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Two modular account standards (6900 and 7579) were announced this week. We personally like 7579 a lot more (helps that our CTO co-authored it 🤣) and we decided to explain why: https://twitter.com/zerodev_app/status/1760704227108868406

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Thanks for the kind words Nicholas! I was super impressed by your questions and insights as well. Looking forward to more great episodes! 🫡

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If you want to build AA wallets for sure check out ZeroDev. We are the largest AA wallet provider on Ethereum/Polygon/Arbitrum/Optimism/Base: https://twitter.com/0xKofi/status/1686618729247834112 DM me if you are interested in a chat! Even if you don't use ZeroDev I can likely offer some helpful perspectives

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