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Relayer

A service or account that submits a transaction on behalf of someone else.

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A user can authorize an action with a signature while the relayer handles transaction submission and gas payment. The receiving system must verify the authorization and any trusted-forwarder rules, and the relayer can still decline or delay submission.

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You sign an action in an app, and its relayer sends the authorized transaction to the network.

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