# Clear Signing: Making Transaction Approvals Safer on Ethereum

DevFeed: [Clear Signing: Making Transaction Approvals Safer on Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/clear-signing-making-transaction-approvals-safer-on-ethereum-17224.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/05/12/clear-signing-announcement>)

Author: Hester Bruikman

Published: 2026-05-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/blockchain.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blockchain.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [format](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/format.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [signing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/signing.md>), [standard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/standard.md>)

## AI overview

An Ethereum Working Group has launched Clear Signing, an open standard intended to help wallets present human-readable, structured descriptions of transaction effects. The approach includes ERC-7730, a descriptor registry, verification through independent reviews and attestations, and tools for wallet and developer adoption.

## Source excerpt

An Ethereum Working Group consisting of wallet developers, security firms and the Ethereum Foundation's Trillion Dollar Security Initiative today launched an open standard designed to end blind signing -- a structural flaw that has contributed to billions in user losses, including the Bybit hack. Ethereum Foundation's Trillion Dollar Security Initiative...