diff --git a/__tests__/rpcProvider.test.ts b/__tests__/rpcProvider.test.ts
index 53eede792..6c3fef393 100644
--- a/__tests__/rpcProvider.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/rpcProvider.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
 import { getStarkKey, Signature, utils } from '@scure/starknet';
+import { hasMixin } from 'ts-mixer';
+import {
+  contracts,
+  createBlockForDevnet,
+  createTestProvider,
+  describeIfDevnet,
+  describeIfNotDevnet,
+  describeIfRpc,
+  describeIfTestnet,
+  ETHtokenAddress,
+  getTestAccount,
+  waitNextBlock,
+} from './config/fixtures';
+import { initializeMatcher } from './config/schema';
 import typedDataExample from '../__mocks__/typedData/baseExample.json';
 import {
   Account,
@@ -6,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   CallData,
   Contract,
   FeeEstimate,
+  LibraryError,
   ProviderInterface,
   RPC,
   RPCResponseParser,
@@ -19,21 +34,11 @@ import {
 import { StarknetChainId } from '../src/global/constants';
 import { felt, uint256 } from '../src/utils/calldata/cairo';
 import { toBigInt, toHexString } from '../src/utils/num';
-import {
-  contracts,
-  createBlockForDevnet,
-  createTestProvider,
-  describeIfDevnet,
-  describeIfNotDevnet,
-  describeIfRpc,
-  describeIfTestnet,
-  ETHtokenAddress,
-  getTestAccount,
-  waitNextBlock,
-} from './config/fixtures';
-import { initializeMatcher } from './config/schema';
-import { isBoolean } from '../src/utils/typed';
 import { isVersion } from '../src/utils/provider';
+import { isBoolean } from '../src/utils/typed';
+import { RpcProvider as BaseRpcProvider } from '../src/provider/rpc';
+import { RpcProvider as ExtendedRpcProvider } from '../src/provider/extensions/default';
+import { StarknetId } from '../src/provider/extensions/starknetId';
 
 describeIfRpc('RPCProvider', () => {
   let rpcProvider: RpcProvider;
@@ -53,6 +58,16 @@ describeIfRpc('RPCProvider', () => {
     await createBlockForDevnet();
   });
 
+  test('create should be usable by the base and extended RpcProvider, but not Account', async () => {
+    const nodeUrl = process.env.TEST_RPC_URL;
+    const base = await BaseRpcProvider.create({ nodeUrl });
+    const extended = await ExtendedRpcProvider.create({ nodeUrl });
+
+    expect(hasMixin(base, StarknetId)).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasMixin(extended, StarknetId)).toBe(true);
+    await expect(Account.create()).rejects.toThrow(LibraryError);
+  });
+
   test('detect spec version with create', async () => {
     const providerTest = await RpcProvider.create({ nodeUrl: process.env.TEST_RPC_URL });
     const { channel } = providerTest;
diff --git a/src/account/default.ts b/src/account/default.ts
index e5b753e21..e1166f64a 100644
--- a/src/account/default.ts
+++ b/src/account/default.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   UDC,
   ZERO,
 } from '../global/constants';
-import { Provider, ProviderInterface } from '../provider';
+import { LibraryError, Provider, ProviderInterface } from '../provider';
 import { Signer, SignerInterface } from '../signer';
 import {
   AccountInvocations,
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ export class Account extends Provider implements AccountInterface {
     });
   }
 
+  /** @deprecated @hidden */
+  // The deprecation tag is meant to discourage use, not to signal future removal
+  // it should only be removed if the relationship with the corresponding Provider.create(...) method changes
+  static async create(): Promise<never> {
+    throw new LibraryError('Not supported');
+  }
+
   // provided version or contract based preferred transactionVersion
   protected getPreferredVersion(type12: ETransactionVersion, type3: ETransactionVersion) {
     if (this.transactionVersion === ETransactionVersion.V3) return type3;
diff --git a/src/provider/rpc.ts b/src/provider/rpc.ts
index 88c65f26b..cecac5677 100644
--- a/src/provider/rpc.ts
+++ b/src/provider/rpc.ts
@@ -92,18 +92,22 @@ export class RpcProvider implements ProviderInterface {
    * auto configure channel based on provided node
    * leave space for other async before constructor
    */
-  static async create(optionsOrProvider?: RpcProviderOptions) {
+  // NOTE: the generic T and 'this' reference are used so that the expanded class is generated when a mixin is applied
+  static async create<T extends RpcProvider>(
+    this: { new (...args: ConstructorParameters<typeof RpcProvider>): T },
+    optionsOrProvider?: RpcProviderOptions
+  ): Promise<T> {
     const channel = new RPC07.RpcChannel({ ...optionsOrProvider });
     const spec = await channel.getSpecVersion();
 
     if (isVersion('0.7', spec)) {
-      return new RpcProvider({ ...optionsOrProvider, specVersion: '0.7' });
+      return new this({ ...optionsOrProvider, specVersion: '0.7' }) as T;
     }
     if (isVersion('0.8', spec)) {
-      return new RpcProvider({ ...optionsOrProvider, specVersion: '0.8' });
+      return new this({ ...optionsOrProvider, specVersion: '0.8' }) as T;
     }
 
-    throw new Error('unable to detect specification version');
+    throw new LibraryError('Unable to detect specification version');
   }
 
   public fetch(method: string, params?: object, id: string | number = 0) {