Why contract accounts can only be activated by an Externally Owned Account (EOA)? And not vice versa? Contract Accounts activating EOA?
What is the design principle behind this?
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EOA's are controlled by public/private key pairs, while contracts are controlled by smart contract logic defined in it's code. Currently I believe there is also a distinction in that an EOA is presumably a human, and contract accounts are well, contracts.
This system however is only temporary, as the ultimate goal is to make the two indistinguishable through account abstraction.
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what is the purpose to make both indistinguishable? – Nathan Aw Mar 26 '18 at 15:52
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See the link I posted, it goes into details about why that is the end goal – hextet Mar 26 '18 at 23:53