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devcon 7 / chain abstracted smart accounts how to build amazing web3 ux in 2024

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Chain-abstracted Smart Accounts -- How to Build Amazing Web3 UX in 2024

Duration: 00:08:36

Speaker: Derek Chiang

Type: Lightning Talk

Expertise: Intermediate

Event: Devcon

Date: Nov 2024

Chain abstraction (CA) and account abstraction (AA) have been two of the hottest topics in Web3, but few people know how to use them together. In this talk, I will explain how developers can build amazing Web3 experiences by combining AA with CA in the form of "chain-abstracted smart accounts" -- smart accounts that can spend their balances on any chain without bridging.

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