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Set Code for EOAs

A transaction can temporarily, for the transaction's authority, delegate an externally owned account's code to a contract. The key still signs. The code that runs can batch, sponsor, or limit what the key may do.

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Authors: Vitalik Buterin, Sam Wilson, Ansgar Dietrichs and Matt Garnett
Date: 2024
Publisher: Vitalik Buterin, Sam Wilson, Ansgar Dietrichs and Matt Garnett
Version: Source cited by the 2024 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0194
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Buterin, V., Wilson, S., Dietrichs, A., & Garnett, M. (2024). Set Code for EOAs. Vitalik Buterin, Sam Wilson, Ansgar Dietrichs and Matt Garnett. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7702

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@techreport{eip77022024,
  title = {Set Code for EOAs},
  author = {Vitalik Buterin, Sam Wilson, Ansgar Dietrichs and Matt Garnett},
  year = {2024},
  institution = {Vitalik Buterin, Sam Wilson, Ansgar Dietrichs and Matt Garnett},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7702},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/eip-7702}
}

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AU  - Vitalik Buterin
AU  - Sam Wilson
AU  - Ansgar Dietrichs
AU  - Matt Garnett
PY  - 2024
PB  - Vitalik Buterin, Sam Wilson, Ansgar Dietrichs and Matt Garnett
UR  - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7702
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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