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ERC-8023 Multi-step Contract Ownership

DraftERCcreated 2025-09-161 later proposal build on it

Contract ownership management with multi-step ownership transfer mechanism for secure smart contract ownership

Author: David Kim (@PowerStream3604)

ERC-165 interface ids

Computed here as the XOR of the selectors each interface defines.

MultiStepOwnable0x4c60d07c
UpdateableOwnershipTransferBuffer0xb1781771

Functions this standard introduces (10)

0xb842e87facceptOwnershipTransfer()
0x737293e2cancelPendingOwnershipTransfer()
0x15ec3698confirmOwnershipBufferUpdate(uint256)
0x3c213957confirmOwnershipTransfer(address)
0x0f9f2530getOwnershipTransferBuffer()view
0xa49421e9initiateOwnershipBufferUpdate(uint256)
0xc0b6f561initiateOwnershipTransfer(address)
0x8da5cb5bowner()view
0xe30c3978pendingOwner()view
0x1af1b0c4preConfirmedOwner()view

Events (3)

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0xb150023a879fd806e3599b6ca8ee3b60f0e360ab3846d128d67ebce1a391639aOwnershipTransferInitiated(address,address)
0x646fe5eeb20d96ea45a9caafcb508854a2fb5660885ced7772e12a633c974571OwnershipTransferConfirmed(address,address)
0x8be0079c531659141344cd1fd0a4f28419497f9722a3daafe3b4186f6b6457e0OwnershipTransferred(address,address)

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