{"id":598425,"date":"2026-05-13T04:52:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T04:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/ethereum-community-launches-security-feature-to-end-blind-signing\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T04:52:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T04:52:56","slug":"ethereum-community-launches-security-feature-to-end-blind-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/ethereum-community-launches-security-feature-to-end-blind-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum community launches security feature to end blind signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS1ldGhlcmV1bS11cGdyYWRlLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Ethereum community launches security feature to end blind signing\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crypto platforms Ledger, Trezor, MetaMask, Keycard, WalletConnect, Argot and Fireblocks are among the earliest adopters and contributors to Clear Signing, aimed at ending \u201cblind signing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ethereum community has introduced Clear Signing, a security feature that ensures users can clearly understand transaction details before signing, replacing unreadable hex data and reducing risks from blind signing attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApproving a transaction is meant to be the last line of defense when exercising control over what happens to your assets on the blockchain. When it is done blindly, that defense does not hold,\u201d the Ethereum Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/2026\/05\/12\/clear-signing-announcement\">said<\/a> on Tuesday, calling blind signing a \u201cstructural flaw\u201d that has contributed to billions of dollars in losses, including the $1.4 billion Bybit hack last year.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWhat You See Is What You Sign\u201d security feature aims to address this issue and is being integrated by several self-custody crypto wallets, including Ledger, Trezor and MetaMask.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-contributors-launch-security-feature-to-end-blind-signing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto platforms Ledger, Trezor, MetaMask, Keycard, WalletConnect, Argot and Fireblocks are among the earliest adopters and contributors to Clear Signing, aimed at ending \u201cblind signing.\u201d The Ethereum community has introduced Clear Signing, a security feature that ensures users can clearly understand transaction details before signing, replacing unreadable hex data and reducing risks from blind signing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-598425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}