DustEthic - Wallet White Paper v1.0 (EN)

French version: Le Livre Blanc DustEthic - Wallets

Version: 1.0-draft
Date: 2025-12-10
Last updated: 2025-12-10

This document combines two types of information:

• Current and verifiable elements
  • Description of the DustEthic Standard as published on the official repositories and on dustethic.org.
  • Public technical references about wallets, account abstraction, ERC 4337, EIP 7702, paymasters, relayers, etc.

• Projections, examples and design assumptions
  • All amounts, percentages, adoption rates, donation volumes, fee models, revenue scenarios and roadmaps are working illustrations.
  • They do not describe the actual performance of any wallet, relayer, NGO or of the DustEthic project, and they may change or be discarded.

As a result:

• This document is not:
  • a promise of profit, yield or future performance,
  • a financial product offering,
  • a contractual commitment from DustEthic or from any partner.

• Each stakeholder (wallet, relayer, NGO, user) must:
  • perform their own technical, legal, tax and regulatory checks,
  • adapt or reject the examples if they do not fit their context.

• If there is any conflict between this document and:
  • the DustEthic Standard published on the official repositories,
  • or the most recent technical documentation, then the most recent official sources prevail.

This document must be read as a design and discussion support, not as a final description of a production system.

• Version: v1.0 (working draft)
• Scope: role of wallets in the DustEthic Standard
• Target audience: non custodial wallet product and tech teams, relayers, partners
• Disclaimer: reference design, illustrative numbers only, no revenue or legal commitment.

DustEthic turns “dust” in non custodial wallets (small unusable balances) into aggregated, traceable micro donations, through an open documented standard.

Wallets are key for DustEthic:

• they detect dust
• they host the UX
• they enable wide distribution.

This document focuses on:

• functional role of wallets in DustEthic
• technical integration options (EOA, AA, EIP 4337, EIP 7702)
• commission models for wallets
• potential gain examples
• the DustEthic wallet module mockup.

• Donor: end user, wallet owner
• Wallet: UX and signing component
• DustEthic Relayer / Aggregator: aggregation and donation logic
• Paymaster / Bundler: gas sponsorship and UserOperation handling
• NGO / Beneficiary project: final recipient
• DustEthic Standard: public rules, APIs, best practices.

The wallet is:

• UX entry point
• consent gatekeeper (explicit opt in)
• technical router (tokens, networks, frequencies, fee preferences).

The standard:

• enforces fee transparency
• enforces minimal traceability
• forbids any “yield” or investment like promise.

Typical steps:

1. open wallet
2. discover “DustEthic” module
3. read a simple explanation (dust, aggregation, actors, fees)
4. accept terms and privacy
5. choose NGO categories or NGOs.

User selects:

• networks and tokens
• dust thresholds
• action mode (manual, periodic, opportunistic).

• tap “Scan my dust”
• wallet detects balances and applies thresholds
• user selects tokens and NGOs
• wallet displays donation estimate, fees, gas
• user signs transaction or UserOperation.

• explicit activation
• monthly cap
• operation level limit
• pause and disable options
• notifications.

Case 1: EOA wallets:

• regular transactions to DustEthic Aggregator
• gas paid in native token.

Case 2: AA wallets (ERC 4337, EIP 7702):

• UserOperations or sponsored transactions
• paymaster pays gas
• smoother UX.

“DustEthic Wallet Connector” provides:

• dust detection or indexer integration
• simulations (amount, gas, fees)
• transaction or UserOperation building
• monitoring and receipts.

Relayer may act as bundler and or paymaster depending on setup.

• fees only on DustEthic flows, not on base balances
• modest percentages
• transparent breakdown (NGO, relayer, wallet, standard).

Example:

• gross donation: 100 units
• total fee: 3 %
• breakdown:
  • 1.5 % relayer
  • 1.0 % wallet
  • 0.5 % DustEthic fund
• NGO net: 97 units.

Standard requires:

• clear disclosure
• no hidden conversion fees
• optional “full NGO” mode.

• zero wallet fee mode
• sponsor covered campaigns
• premium wallet mode with extra services.

All examples are non binding.

Assumptions:

• 1 000 000 MAU
• 10 % DustEthic activation
• 2 sweeps per year
• 5 USD per sweep
• 1 % wallet commission.

Rough results:

• 100 000 DustEthic users
• 200 000 sweeps
• 1 000 000 USD donations
• about 10 000 USD wallet fees per year.

Assumptions:

• 10 000 000 MAU
• 15 % activation
• 3 sweeps per year
• 7 USD per sweep
• 1 % wallet fee.

Rough results:

• 1 500 000 users
• 4 500 000 sweeps
• about 31 500 000 USD donations
• about 315 000 USD fees per year.

• reassuring
• simple for non experts
• transparent amounts and fees.

• title “Turn your dust into donations”
• short explanation
• key bullets (control, transparency, traceability)
• “Set up DustEthic” and “Learn more” actions.

• list of tokens and networks
• balances and dust parts
• check boxes
• settings for thresholds and frequencies.

• categories (environment, education, etc.)
• NGO partner list
• future filters.

• gross donation estimate
• fees breakdown
• NGO net
• gas estimate
• “Sign and run sweep” button.

• date, network, token
• gross, fees, net
• transaction hash
• NGO.

• confusion between explicit donations and perceived auto charges
• negative perception if fees are seen as excessive.

• AA integration complexity
• cross chain management
• robust logging and receipts.

• different classifications (donation vs payment service)
• need to avoid any investment like perception.

• wallet API standardization level
• governance of the standard
• funding model for the standard.

1. Phase 0: discovery.
2. Phase 1: internal prototype on testnet.
3. Phase 2: limited pilot.
4. Phase 3: progressive rollout.
5. Phase 4: standardization and optimization.

Strengths:

• additional revenue stream
• pro social brand
• open standard.

Weaknesses:

• uncertain profitability
• UX and reputation risks
• maintenance and compliance costs.

Conclusion: DustEthic is unlikely to become a main revenue line but can be a coherent “Web3 for good” module.

• ERC 4337 - Account Abstraction:
  • https://docs.erc4337.io
  • https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/erc-4337-account-abstraction-via-entry-point-contract-specification/7160
• Account abstraction and smart wallets:
  • https://www.alchemy.com/overviews/what-is-account-abstraction
  • https://docs.stackup.fi/docs/understanding-erc-4337
• Paymasters and gas sponsorship:
  • https://www.alchemy.com/overviews/what-is-a-paymaster
• EIP 7702:
  • https://www.quicknode.com/guides/ethereum-development/smart-contracts/eip-7702-smart-accounts
  • https://www.openfort.io/blog/eip-7702-with-erc-4337
• Wallet and exchange revenue models:
  • https://streamflow.finance/blog/how-does-a-crypto-wallet-make-money
  • https://www.coinsclone.com/how-do-crypto-wallets-make-money
  • https://trusteeglobal.eu/academy/how-cryptocurrency-fees-are-calculated