Ethereum · The Block
Ethereum Foundation rolls out support for Clear Signing crypto security solution
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The Ethereum Foundation is looking to become a credibly neutral steward for the growing Clear Signing ecosystem, as it pushes for standardization and increases its support to make adoption easier for wallets and developers.
Key facts
- For example, users could be shown descriptions like "you are swapping 100 USDC for 0.05 (ETH) on Uniswap," rather than opaque calldata returned from blind signing
- On Monday, the EF announced a major shakeup to its core Protocol team, with three high-profile Ethereum contributors Barnabé Monnot, Tim Beiko, and Alex Stokes stepping down as leaders of the cluster
- Or as the EF puts it, "What You See Is What You Sign
- The EF pointed to Clear Signing contributions from ZKnox, Sourcify, Cyfrin, Zama, WalletConnect, Fireblocks, Trezor, Keycard, MetaMask, Argot, and "independent contributors across the ecosystem
Summary
As part of its efforts to boost blockchain security, the EF has rolled out a public registry where contract descriptors can be submitted, reviewed, and distributed. Clear Signing is something of a catchall term for human-legible descriptions for transactions sent from hardware wallets. This is opposed to the opaque process of "blind signing" transactions, which to date has been the default when approving transactions in most wallets. Or as the EF puts it, "What You See Is What You Sign.