Ethereum’s Address Chaos Ends? New Standard Promises One Wallet to Rule Them All
After years of wallet fragmentation, Ethereum core devs are pushing ERC-7555—a unified address system that works across EVM chains. No more copying/pasting between networks, but good luck getting crypto maximalists to agree on anything.
The upgrade slashes onboarding friction by letting users interact with dApps on Polygon, Arbitrum, and Base without switching wallets. Early tests show a 70% drop in failed transactions from address mismatches—though that still leaves room for the usual DeFi self-sabotage.
TradFi snobs will still mock ’blockchain progress’ while their own settlement systems creak along with 1970s infrastructure. The update rolls out with Ethereum’s Pectra hardfork in Q4 2025—assuming the usual circus of delays and governance squabbles.
Simpler cross-chain transactions
For everyday users, these standards promise simpler, safer cross-chain transactions.
Instead of managing complex addresses across multiple networks, users can see human-readable names, making it easier for them to interact across a sprawling ecosystem of networks and sidechains.
“The idea is for this to serve the needs of two groups of people," Wonderland’s pseudonymous developer, Teddy, explained on the call.
ERC-7930 gives computers a standardized format to identify exactly which network an address belongs to.
ERC-7828, meanwhile, makes addresses human-readable: something like "[email protected]," instead of a long string of letters and numbers, making addresses easily recognizable by chain.
This approach addresses a pain point. Users often switch between wallets and networks, making it easy to send money to the right address but on the wrong network, which can result in losses.
"On a fundamental level this is very simple. This is just ’okay people know about addresses’ and we have to also strap a chain ID on top of that, so people know where that address actually lives," Teddy explained.
With finalization targeted for May 9th, the standards will soon be available for implementation in wallets, block explorers, and cross-chain messaging protocols.
The Wonderland team is calling for final community feedback through Ethereum Magicians forum threads before the standards reach final call status.
