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🚀 Use Cases: Gas Sponsorship & Batching

Discover killer features enabled by account abstraction

Explore EIP-4337 and the future of wallets

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Real-World Use Cases

Account Abstraction unlocks entirely new categories of blockchain applications by removing UX friction. From gasless gaming to enterprise treasury management, ERC-4337 enables experiences that were impossible with traditional EOAs.

Let's explore how different industries are leveraging smart contract wallets to onboard millions of mainstream users.

Interactive: Use Case Explorer

Explore how Account Abstraction solves real problems across different industries.

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Web3 Gaming

Seamless onboarding and frictionless in-game transactions

❌ Problems with EOAs

  • •Users need crypto wallet to start playing
  • •Every action requires manual signature
  • •Players must hold ETH for gas fees
  • •Poor UX kills adoption

✓ Solutions with AA

Social login
Email/Google sign-in creates smart wallet
Session keys
Pre-approve 100 in-game actions, no signing
Gas sponsorship
Studio pays gas, players use game for free
Batch transactions
Craft + Equip + Battle = 1 transaction

Real-World Example

Axie Infinity with AA: New player signs up with Google, gets 100 free battles (gas sponsored), plays for hours without seeing a single transaction popup.

Impact
10x increase in player retention vs traditional web3 games

Gas Sponsorship ROI Calculator

See how gas sponsorship affects user acquisition and retention for a gaming dApp.

Gas Sponsorship Strategy
Sponsor first 50 transactions per user
Monthly Cost
$2,500
For 1000 active users
User Acquisition
85%
Conversion rate
30-Day Retention
70%
Active users

Analysis

• High initial cost ($2.5k/month) but 2x better acquisition (85% vs 45%)
• Retention more than doubles (70% vs 30%) - users don't leave due to gas friction
• LTV per user: $15 vs $5 - sponsored users spend more in-game
• ROI: 300% - Gas sponsorship pays for itself in 3 months

🌐 Live Implementations

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Immutable zkEVM
Gaming L2 with native AA
100+ games, 2M+ players, gasless onboarding
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Coinbase Smart Wallet
Consumer-friendly wallet
Passkey auth, gas sponsored, 1-click swaps
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Safe (Gnosis)
Multi-sig treasury
$100B+ secured, used by 500+ DAOs
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Lens Protocol
Decentralized social
Social recovery, portable identity, gas abstraction

Future Possibilities

🔮 Subscription Services

Smart wallets auto-pay monthly subscriptions in stablecoins. Cancel anytime with one click. No credit card needed.

🎨 Creator Monetization

Fans grant creator's wallet permission to auto-withdraw $5/month. Streaming payments without platform middlemen.

🏦 DeFi Automation

Wallet executes complex strategies: "If ETH drops 10%, auto-sell 50% and buy stablecoins." Set it and forget it.

🌍 Cross-Chain Identity

One smart wallet works across all chains. Your reputation, credentials, and social graph follow you everywhere.

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