The Ethereum Foundation has announced that Clear Signing is now live. The effort introduces an open standard designed to make wallet approvals readable by default and reduce the risks tied to blind signing.
Blind signing remains one of Ethereum’s most persistent UX and security problems. Many wallet screens still show raw bytes or generic labels, leaving users to approve transactions they do not fully understand. Clear Signing compares that experience to signing a blank check.
The new framework does not change how Ethereum transactions work. Instead, it adds a verifiable display layer at the signing step, allowing wallets to convert technical transaction data into readable intent while keeping trust decisions local to each wallet.
ERC-7730 metadata maps raw transaction data to human readable descriptions. In practice, a wallet could show that a user is swapping 1,000 USDC for a minimum amount of ETH on Uniswap, instead of asking them to approve an unreadable hexadecimal string.
The initiative also introduces a neutral and mirrorable descriptor registry, an attestation framework under ERC-8176 so auditors can verify descriptor integrity, and open tooling for wallets, protocols, and auditors.
Contributors include Ledger, Trezor, MetaMask, WalletConnect, Fireblocks, Zama, Sourcify, Cyfrin, and the Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security initiative.