Rollup Improvement Proposal (RIP) 7212 is a core change in the Ethereum protocol to provide cheap, secure, and fast P256 curve verification.

@doganeth from @getclave and @noam explain why onchain passkey support is a step-function improvement for web3 UX 👇

account abstraction intern @alchemyplatform

Researcher at Clave and
Co author of EIP-7212 

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Blog: https://alchemy.com/blog/what-is-rip-7212

TL:DR - No more seed phrases; sign transactions with your fingerprint.

With instant proving times and only 3450 gas needed for account creations and single transactions, RIP-7212 is the most performant method for verifying P256 signatures onchain.

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