Ethereum’s new ERC‑7730 Clear Signing standard replaces hex gibberish in wallet prompts with human‑readable, auditable transaction summaries to slash phishing and blind signing losses.
Summary
- The Ethereum Foundation’s Clear Signing working group and Ledger co‑designed ERC‑7730, a standard that turns today’s cryptic wallet calldata into plain‑language transaction summaries.
- Clear Signing uses a JSON description format, a public registry tied to contract addresses, and third‑party audits so wallets can show accurate, WYSIWYS intent without changing on‑chain logic.
- The push comes as phishing and approval scams outpace protocol hacks; incidents like the CoW DAO…
