New blog post is up: How Ethereum Address Derivation Works (Wallets, CREATE, and CREATE2). The formulas for address derivation are simple, yet this article clocks in at over 4,000 words. It's not just about the formulas to derive addresses -- it's about what goes into the formula that requires some depth of understanding. Among other things, we cover: - a brief tutorial on RLP encoding (needed for understanding EOA addresses and CREATE) - how EIP-161 affects address prediction in EOAs vs contracts deployed with CREATE - how EIP-2681 informs our understanding of why EIP-1014 (Create2) injects a 0xff into the address derivation - how to deploy two mutually dependent contracts without a factory or setter function Get ready to learn a lot! Link in the reply.
