# Ethereum Foundation Introduces 'Clear Signing' to End Blind Transaction Approvals

*Author: Jack Inabinet*
*Published: May 12, 2026*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/read/news/ethereum-foundation-introduces-clear-signing-to-end-blind-transaction-approvals*

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The Ethereum Foundation today announced the launch of Clear Signing, a new open standard designed to replace unreadable transaction prompts with human-readable messages.

### What's the Scoop?
- **Transparency First: **Stewarded by Ethereum Foundation and developed in partnership with a slew of Ethereum-adjacent contributors including Fireblocks, Ledger, and MetaMask, Clear Signing aims to replace "blind signing" (the practice of approving transactions comprised entirely of incomprehensible hexadecimal data) with human-readable messages.
- **Existing Limitations:** While transaction simulations can already show expected outcomes, such methods lack critical context, meaning a bridging transaction may appear to result in a total loss in absence of the knowledge that a cross-chain transfer will follow. Additionally, although Application Binary Interfaces (ABIs) can translate code into human-readable formats, malicious contracts can ABI that deceives a wallet.
- **Open Infrastructure:** The Clear Singing initiative introduces ERC-7730, an open standard for human-readable transaction descriptions; a neutral, mirrorable descriptor registry; ERC-8176, an attestation framework so auditors can verify descriptor integrity; and open developer tooling for wallets, protocols, and auditors.

> 0/ Clear signing is now live.  An open standard to end blind signing, making human-readable transactions default. This effort brings a major UX and Security upgrade to transaction signing on Ethereum. [pic.twitter.com/nIGRCBQh6G](https://t.co/nIGRCBQh6G)— Ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn) [May 12, 2026](https://twitter.com/ethereumfndn/status/2054232916763263148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)