The Ethereum Foundation announced on platform X that hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor now supports the "Clear Signing" feature through the ERC-7730 standard, making transaction information more readable and easier for ordinary users to understand on the hardware device screen.

ERC-7730 is a technical standard aimed at the Ethereum ecosystem, which regulates the display format of smart contract call information on wallets. Its core goal is to transform the originally obscure hexadecimal transaction data into natural language descriptions that users can directly understand, such as specific transfer amounts, receiving addresses, and key information about the called contract methods.

Trezor's integration of this standard is one of the latest achievements driven by the "Clear Signing Working Group" under the Ethereum Foundation's "Trillion Dollar Security Initiative," which is dedicated to addressing the common "blind signing" issue users face when signing transactions with hardware wallets.

"Blind signing" refers to the situation where, during transaction signing, the hardware device screen only displays a string of incomprehensible hexadecimal data or summary information, preventing users from accurately confirming the specific content of the transaction before signing. This long-standing industry pain point has been proven to be one of the major reasons leading to phishing attacks, malicious contract authorizations, and asset theft for many users.

The Ethereum Foundation stated that, in addition to promoting hardware wallet manufacturers like Trezor to adopt this standard, it will continue to encourage more wallet applications and decentralized applications (DApps) to participate in the construction of the clear signing standard, aiming to gradually transition the entire Ethereum ecosystem's transaction signing experience from "blind signing" to a user-verifiable and understandable transparent signing model.

From an industry impact perspective, the widespread adoption of the clear signing standard is expected to significantly reduce phishing fraud and asset loss incidents caused by blind signing, directly benefiting the credibility and user retention of hardware wallet manufacturers (such as Trezor and Ledger). It will also encourage DApp developers to actively adapt to this standard to enhance user trust. In the long run, if clear signing becomes the industry standard, the reduction of security incidents will help lower the trust costs across the entire Ethereum ecosystem, indirectly benefiting institutional funds' willingness to adopt on-chain asset custody solutions.

Source: Public Information