--- title: "Blog" description: "Engineering notes, research and company news from Pimlico, the team behind the gas sponsorship engine and co-authors of ERC-4337." canonical: https://www.pimlico.io/blog --- # Blog > Markdown mirror of https://www.pimlico.io/blog. Every page on this site has a markdown version at the same path with a `.md` suffix. A short factual brief is at https://www.pimlico.io/llms.txt. For technical and implementation details, see Pimlico's documentation index at https://docs.pimlico.io/llms.txt. ## Pages on this site ### Home - [The gas sponsorship engine for onchain apps](https://www.pimlico.io/index.md): Pimlico is the gas sponsorship engine: paymasters and ERC-4337 bundlers on 100+ EVM chains. Sponsor gas or accept USDC, USDT or 300+ tokens. Now on Solana. ### Blog - [fomo: gas-free, sub-second social trading](https://www.pimlico.io/blog/fomo.md): How fomo deleted gas from social trading for a retail audience: 8.8M user operations across 14 mainnet chains, with sub-second median confirmation. - [Pimlico raises $1.6m pre-seed round](https://www.pimlico.io/blog/pre-seed.md): Pimlico raises a $1.6m pre-seed round led by 1confirmation, with Safe and Consensys, to accelerate Ethereum's transition to smart accounts. - [Pimlico raises $4.2m seed led by a16z crypto](https://www.pimlico.io/blog/seed.md): Pimlico raises a $4.2m seed round led by a16z crypto to build the infrastructure for ERC-4337 smart accounts: bundlers, paymasters and permissionless.js. - [World App: one abstraction, thousands of mini apps](https://www.pimlico.io/blog/world-app.md): How World App keeps the blockchain invisible across thousands of mini apps: 23M bundled user operations a year, 36M sponsored, ~1.5s median confirmation. ### Products - [Ecosystem Gas Programs for Chains](https://www.pimlico.io/products/ecosystem-gas-programs.md): For chains: sponsor gas for every team building on your chain, with paymasters and ERC-4337 bundlers live on it, so users never need the native token. - [Pay Gas in USDC, USDT & 300+ ERC-20 Tokens](https://www.pimlico.io/products/erc20-gas.md): Let users pay gas in USDC, USDT or 300+ other ERC-20 tokens, with no native token required. An ERC-20 paymaster audited by OpenZeppelin and Quantstamp. - [Gas Sponsorship & Paymaster API](https://www.pimlico.io/products/gas-sponsorship.md): Sponsor your users' gas so they transact instantly, with nothing to buy. A paymaster API for ERC-4337 and EIP-7702, behind 100M+ sponsored transactions. - [Sponsorship Policies — Spend Controls for Gas](https://www.pimlico.io/products/sponsorship-policies.md): Spend controls for your paymaster: sponsor the first N transactions per user, cap dollars per transaction, user or campaign. Applied instantly, no redeploy. - [Transaction Infrastructure & ERC-4337 Bundlers](https://www.pimlico.io/products/transaction-infrastructure.md): The execution engine under the sponsorship layer: ERC-4337 bundlers with EIP-7702 support, <2s inclusion on L2s, and 250M+ transactions relayed. ### Solutions - [Onchain Execution for AI Agents](https://www.pimlico.io/solutions/ai-agents.md): Smart accounts for AI agents that trade, pay and move money on demand. Sponsor their gas or let them pay in USDC, USDT or 300+ tokens, within your limits. - [Smart Account Infrastructure for Chains](https://www.pimlico.io/solutions/chains.md): Launch with ERC-4337 bundlers and paymasters from day one, and fund gas programs that turn your ecosystem’s onboarding friction into growth. - [Deploy Pimlico on Your Chain](https://www.pimlico.io/solutions/chains/deploy.md): Enterprise deployments for chains and ecosystems: Pimlico's paymasters, ERC-4337 bundlers and gas sponsorship, live on your chain on day one. - [Gasless Onboarding for Consumer Apps](https://www.pimlico.io/solutions/consumer-apps.md): Onboard users who have never owned crypto: sponsor their gas, even on plain EOAs via EIP-7702, and set budgets that protect your margins. - [Enterprise Onchain Infrastructure](https://www.pimlico.io/solutions/enterprise.md): SOC 2 certified infrastructure, custom SLAs, 24/7 support and the team that co-authored ERC-4337, for companies that can't afford a dropped transaction. - [Stablecoin Settlement Infrastructure](https://www.pimlico.io/solutions/stablecoin-processors.md): Execute stablecoin transactions reliably, at low latency, on 100+ EVM chains and Solana, with gas paid in the stablecoins you already move. - [Smart Account Infrastructure for Startups](https://www.pimlico.io/solutions/startups.md): Ship smart accounts in hours with a paymaster, ERC-4337 bundler and SDK. Free on testnets, pay-as-you-go in production. The stack Daimo and Zora started on. - [Smart Account Infrastructure for Wallets](https://www.pimlico.io/solutions/wallets.md): Build gasless smart wallets with any signer and any smart account: ERC-4337 bundlers, paymasters and EIP-7702, trusted by MetaMask, Safe and Trust Wallet. ### Other pages - [Pimlico AI: Ask Your Agent About Your Account](https://www.pimlico.io/ai.md): Ask your AI about your Pimlico account: spend, failed operations, API keys and policies, via the pimlico CLI in Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. - Blog (this page) - [Customers](https://www.pimlico.io/customers.md): The teams building on Pimlico: Circle, MetaMask, Safe, Trust Wallet, Zora, Tools for Humanity, and more, across wallets, consumer apps, and stablecoin payments. - [Smart Account & Signer Integrations](https://www.pimlico.io/integrations.md): Every major smart account and signer, already integrated with Pimlico's paymasters and bundlers: Safe, Kernel, MetaMask, Privy, Turnkey, passkeys and more. - [Pricing](https://www.pimlico.io/pricing.md): Free on testnets, pay-as-you-go in production with no monthly fee, custom Enterprise rates. Credit-based pricing for paymasters and ERC-4337 bundlers. - [Privacy Policy](https://www.pimlico.io/privacy.md): This Privacy Policy explains how Pimlico looks after your personal data when you visit our website or use our services, and your privacy rights. - [Solana Fee Sponsorship, or Pay Fees in USDC & USDT](https://www.pimlico.io/solana.md): Sponsor Solana transaction fees for your users, or let them pay in USDC or USDT. A Kora-compatible fee payer on mainnet and devnet, with your existing API key. - [Terms of Service](https://www.pimlico.io/tos.md): This Terms of Service will inform you about the terms of using Pimlico's services. --- [Blog](https://www.pimlico.io/blog.md) [Docs](https://docs.pimlico.io)[pimlico.io](https://www.pimlico.io/index.md)[Start building](https://dashboard.pimlico.io) # **The Pimlico blog.** Engineering notes, research and company news from the team behind the gas sponsorship engine, and co-authors of ERC-4337. [ Case study  ·  Aug 27, 2026 ## How fomo keeps social trading gas-free and sub-second How the social trading app reached a retail audience by deleting gas from the experience: 8.8 million user operations across 14 mainnet chains, with sub-second median confirmation. **Sergey Potekhin**  ·  2 min read Pimlico and fomo ](https://www.pimlico.io/blog/fomo.md) All posts04 [2026-08-27Case study ### How fomo keeps social trading gas-free and sub-second How the social trading app reached a retail audience by deleting gas from the experience: 8.8 million user operations across 14 mainnet chains, with sub-second median confirmation. Sergey Potekhin](https://www.pimlico.io/blog/fomo.md)[2026-08-27Case study ### World App: an abstraction that holds across thousands of mini apps How World App keeps the blockchain invisible across thousands of mini apps: 23 million bundled user operations in twelve months, 36 million sponsored, and a ~1.5s median confirmation. Sergey Potekhin](https://www.pimlico.io/blog/world-app.md)[2023-11-07Company ### Powering Smart Accounts with a16z crypto Seed Backing Pimlico raises a $4.2m seed round led by a16z crypto. Kristof Gazso](https://www.pimlico.io/blog/seed.md)[2023-09-25Company ### Pimlico raises $1.6m Pre-Seed Round Pimlico raises $1.6m Pre-Seed Round led by 1confirmation to accelerate Ethereum's transition to smart accounts. Kristof Gazso](https://www.pimlico.io/blog/pre-seed.md) © 2026 Pimlico [RSS](https://www.pimlico.io/blog/rss.xml)[GitHub](https://github.com/pimlicolabs)[X](https://x.com/pimlicoHQ)[Docs](https://docs.pimlico.io)