The Ethereum Foundation launched Clear Signing, an open standard designed to end blind signing, where raw hex transaction data is approved without signers being able to read what they're signing. The standard ships four coordinated infrastructure pieces, including an updated ERC-7730 for human-readable transaction descriptors, a neutral mirrorable registry, ERC-8176 for auditor attestations built on the Ethereum Attestation Service, and ERC-8213 providing cryptographic fingerprints.
The Clear Signing working group members include Ledger, Trezor, MetaMask, WalletConnect, Cyfrin, Fireblocks, Zama, and Sourcify. Its guiding principle is "What You See Is What You Sign." ERC-7730 descriptors map contract function calls to readable intents and field-rendering instructions, converting raw calldata into a readable display. The descriptors are curated by protocol teams, reviewed, and collected in the EF-hosted registry. Protocols can add support without redeploying contracts.
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