Frequently Asked Questions¶
Common questions and answers about EIL.
General Questions¶
What is EIL?¶
The Ethereum Interop Layer is an on-chain protocol and a set of accompanying standards that allows users and applications to interact with the entire Ethereum ecosystem, instead of interacting with separate fragmented chains and rollups.
How is EIL different from other solutions?¶
While there are multiple projects in this space, the Ethereum Interop Layer stands out with its emphasis on user autonomy and trustlessness.
At no point does the user delegate finding the right solution to its needs to a centralized, trusted third party. All user actions are determined locally and are executed via standard UserOperations.
The Cross-Chain Liquidity Providers are never trusted in any way and their registration is a simple, fully permissionless on-chain process.
Technical Questions¶
What are the setup required to use the EIL?¶
Existing Smart Account users may need to upgrade and configure their accounts before they can fully benefit from the EIL protocol. In the future we hope for the EIL building blocks to become readily available as default across the Smart Account ecosystem.
- Upgrade to ERC-4337 EntryPoint v0.9 It is currently not possible to use EIL on earlier versions of the EntryPoint contract.
- (Recommended, coming soon) Install the EIL Smart Account module The EIL experience can be limited without support for Multi-Chain UserOperation Hash and Signature and Smart Account Composability.
- Make sure the Wallet application, browser extension, or firmware has at least minimal support for the EIL.
What are the system requirements to run the XLP?¶
The XLP server does not perform any heavy computation and does not need any special equipment. It can be run in production on any computer from the last decade or the smallest cloud instance available.
You will only need a full Docker and Docker Compose support and a reliable connection to all the RPC nodes of all supported chains.
How do I troubleshoot common issues?¶
The EIL is currently in early beta state and troubleshooting may be challenging.
We recommend doing all of your initial testing in the Docker Compose EIL environment, as described in the Getting Started Guide.
Support¶
Where can I get help?¶
Join our Discord or our Telegram and ask for help directly from us and the community!
How do I report bugs?¶
Please open an issue in the official repository of the EIL protocol: