An Introductory Study on the Power Consumption Overhead of ERC-4337 Bundlers
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| author | Arusoaie, Andrei Bărbieru, Claudiu-Nicu Captarencu, Oana-Otilia Diac, Paul-Flavian Onica, Emanuel Vârlan, Cosmin-Nicolae |
| author_facet | Arusoaie, Andrei Bărbieru, Claudiu-Nicu Captarencu, Oana-Otilia Diac, Paul-Flavian Onica, Emanuel Vârlan, Cosmin-Nicolae |
| contents | Ethereum is currently the main blockchain ecosystem providing decentralised trust guarantees for applications ranging from finance to e-government. A common criticism of blockchain networks has been their energy consumption and operational costs. The switch from Proof-of-Work (PoW) protocol to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) protocol has significantly reduced this issue, though concerns remain, especially with network expansions via additional layers. The ERC-4337 standard is a recent proposal that facilitates end-user access to Ethereum-backed applications. It introduces a middleware called a bundler, operated as a third-party service, where part of its operational cost is represented by its power consumption. While bundlers have served over 500 million requests in the past two years, fewer than 15 official bundler providers exist, compared to over 100 regular Ethereum access providers. In this paper, we provide a first look at the active power consumption overhead that a bundler would add to an Ethereum access service. Using SmartWatts, a monitoring system leveraging Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) hardware interfaces, we empirically determine correlations between the bundler workload and its active power consumption. |
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| spellingShingle | An Introductory Study on the Power Consumption Overhead of ERC-4337 Bundlers Arusoaie, Andrei Bărbieru, Claudiu-Nicu Captarencu, Oana-Otilia Diac, Paul-Flavian Onica, Emanuel Vârlan, Cosmin-Nicolae Performance Networking and Internet Architecture Ethereum is currently the main blockchain ecosystem providing decentralised trust guarantees for applications ranging from finance to e-government. A common criticism of blockchain networks has been their energy consumption and operational costs. The switch from Proof-of-Work (PoW) protocol to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) protocol has significantly reduced this issue, though concerns remain, especially with network expansions via additional layers. The ERC-4337 standard is a recent proposal that facilitates end-user access to Ethereum-backed applications. It introduces a middleware called a bundler, operated as a third-party service, where part of its operational cost is represented by its power consumption. While bundlers have served over 500 million requests in the past two years, fewer than 15 official bundler providers exist, compared to over 100 regular Ethereum access providers. In this paper, we provide a first look at the active power consumption overhead that a bundler would add to an Ethereum access service. Using SmartWatts, a monitoring system leveraging Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) hardware interfaces, we empirically determine correlations between the bundler workload and its active power consumption. |
| title | An Introductory Study on the Power Consumption Overhead of ERC-4337 Bundlers |
| topic | Performance Networking and Internet Architecture |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.16890 |