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Payment on-chain has been evolving fast. Ethereum move account abstraction down into the protocol with EIP-8141 is one of the most direct steps so far. EIP-8141 proposes Frame Transactions - a new transaction type where validation, execution intent, and gas payment split into ordered frames instead of one fixed signature flow. This matters if you build smart accounts, and even more if you are building agentic payments. Today, most transactions assume one model. One signature scheme. Sender pays gas. One fixed validation path. EIP-8141 changes that assumption. A transaction can carry separate frames that verify authorization, express what should happen, and define who pays. That opens doors for real world payment design. Why? Imagine a corporate wallet can approve rules once. Then your AI agents can execute within those rules. Per-agent keys. Per-agent sub-wallets. Include Spend limits and policy checks. Sponsored gas. All without forcing the same legacy signing surface forever.
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