My wallet is full of stablecoins, but I can’t move them.
It’s not that I’m out of money—it’s just missing that tiny bit of ETH to pay gas.
This week I got pulled aside to talk about it again:
EIP-8141, Frame Transactions.
The official proposal is still listed as Draft.
But during ACDE on 8/27, it was already advanced from CFI to SFI—
scheduled as part of the lineup for the 2027 Hegotá upgrade, not something casually mentioned.
Vitalik also said on 9/5 that Frames have been quietly progressing quite a bit in the past few months.
Simple way to understand it:
One transaction is split into multiple segments—"frames":
who verifies the signature, who pays gas, and who actually executes can be separated.
An app or sponsor can front the ETH fee,
and the user can settle with USDC or similar.
On-chain settlement is still in ETH, but you may no longer need to hoard a little ETH in your wallet as a “toll fee.”
Don’t misread it as “you can avoid ETH right now.”
It’s not live on mainnet yet; the spec may change; it only matters if wallets and apps can integrate with it.
I also saw notes about ACDE #244 :
It’s SFI now, but the implementation could change a lot.
In my view,
this creates friction for the narrative that ETH must be held,
but it’s more important for whether stablecoin wallets can be used like ordinary apps.
Let’s see whether the 2027 Hegotá thing actually lands first—then talk about what replacement needs might arise.
Extra evidence from today’s prices on Coinbase Spot:
BTC≈79088 / ETH≈2489
(around 08:20 Beijing time)
Source: eips.ethereum.org/EIP-8141 · KuCoin news flash 9/7 · CryptoBriefing / ACDE cross
Not investment advice.
$ETH
It’s not that I’m out of money—it’s just missing that tiny bit of ETH to pay gas.
This week I got pulled aside to talk about it again:
EIP-8141, Frame Transactions.
The official proposal is still listed as Draft.
But during ACDE on 8/27, it was already advanced from CFI to SFI—
scheduled as part of the lineup for the 2027 Hegotá upgrade, not something casually mentioned.
Vitalik also said on 9/5 that Frames have been quietly progressing quite a bit in the past few months.
Simple way to understand it:
One transaction is split into multiple segments—"frames":
who verifies the signature, who pays gas, and who actually executes can be separated.
An app or sponsor can front the ETH fee,
and the user can settle with USDC or similar.
On-chain settlement is still in ETH, but you may no longer need to hoard a little ETH in your wallet as a “toll fee.”
Don’t misread it as “you can avoid ETH right now.”
It’s not live on mainnet yet; the spec may change; it only matters if wallets and apps can integrate with it.
I also saw notes about ACDE #244 :
It’s SFI now, but the implementation could change a lot.
In my view,
this creates friction for the narrative that ETH must be held,
but it’s more important for whether stablecoin wallets can be used like ordinary apps.
Let’s see whether the 2027 Hegotá thing actually lands first—then talk about what replacement needs might arise.
Extra evidence from today’s prices on Coinbase Spot:
BTC≈79088 / ETH≈2489
(around 08:20 Beijing time)
Source: eips.ethereum.org/EIP-8141 · KuCoin news flash 9/7 · CryptoBriefing / ACDE cross
Not investment advice.
$ETH
