--- title: The forgotten ERCs & EIPs: ERC-2612 | daily.dev description: ERC-2612 is a standard for ERC-20 tokens that improves user experience, security, and reduces gas costs by allowing users to approve token transfers once. To... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-forgotten-ercs-eips-erc-2612-knjw7gvvf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The forgotten ERCs & EIPs: ERC-2612 | daily.dev og:description: ERC-2612 is a standard for ERC-20 tokens that improves user experience, security, and reduces gas costs by allowing users to approve token transfers once. To... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-forgotten-ercs-eips-erc-2612-knjw7gvvf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kNjw7gvvf.png og:image:alt: The forgotten ERCs & EIPs: ERC-2612 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The forgotten ERCs & EIPs: ERC-2612 **[Coins Bench](https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ERC-2612 is a standard for ERC-20 tokens that improves user experience, security, and reduces gas costs by allowing users to approve token transfers once. To enable ERC-2612, you need to add new functions to your ERC20 contract, including a permit function. The next article in this series will cover EIP-2771 and meta transactions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#blockchain](https://daily.dev/tags/blockchain), [#ethereum](https://daily.dev/tags/ethereum), [#smart-contracts](https://daily.dev/tags/smart-contracts), [#solidity](https://daily.dev/tags/solidity), [#decentralized-finance](https://daily.dev/tags/decentralized-finance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-forgotten-ercs-eips-erc-2612-knjw7gvvf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The forgotten ERCs & EIPs: ERC-2612","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-forgotten-ercs-eips-erc-2612-knjw7gvvf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-forgotten-ercs-eips-erc-2612-knjw7gvvf"},"datePublished":"2024-02-16T15:58:44.622Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:28:18.744Z","description":"ERC-2612 is a standard for ERC-20 tokens that improves user experience, security, and reduces gas costs by allowing users to approve token transfers once. To...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/11403d03d1cab0c8af8780276a603c14?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/11403d03d1cab0c8af8780276a603c14?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Coins Bench","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Coins Bench","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/ba340d3c8caa4c2586911332928e24d9","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-forgotten-ercs-eips-erc-2612-knjw7gvvf","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"blockchain,ethereum,smart-contracts,solidity,decentralized-finance","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Coins Bench","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The forgotten ERCs & EIPs: ERC-2612"}]} ```