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Vol. 1 · Ed. 2026
CyberGlossary
Entry № 413

EIP-712 Signing

Qu'est-ce que EIP-712 Signing ?

EIP-712 SigningAn Ethereum standard for typed, structured off-chain message signing that lets wallets display human-readable intent (e.g. 'sell 1 ETH to user X by Friday') and bind the signature to a domain, chain, and contract.


EIP-712 (Ethereum typed structured data hashing and signing), authored by Remco Bloemen, Leonid Logvinov, and Jacob Evans in 2018, is the standard underlying virtually all modern off-chain signing flows on Ethereum and EVM L2s. Before EIP-712, signing a message meant calling `eth_sign` on a 32-byte opaque hash that a wallet had no way to render — a UX and security disaster. EIP-712 introduces structured types (`bytes32 typeHash`), domain separators that bind the signature to a chain ID, verifying contract, and version, and a JSON-RPC method (`eth_signTypedData_v4`) that lets wallets display field-by-field what is being signed. Use cases include Permit and Permit2 ERC-20 approvals (no on-chain transaction needed), OpenSea / Blur listings, gasless meta-transactions, ERC-4337 UserOperations, off-chain governance votes (Snapshot), and most Web3 game-economy signatures. From a security perspective EIP-712 enables but does not guarantee user comprehension: phishing kits routinely craft EIP-712 payloads that look like a benign 'login' but actually authorize unlimited token spend — the same pattern Inferno Drainer and successors abuse. Wallets that warn on known-dangerous EIP-712 patterns (Wallet Guard, ScamSniffer, Rabby) are the practical defense.

Exemples

  1. 01

    A user signs an EIP-712 'Permit' message that their wallet displays as 'Approve unlimited USDC to 0x… on Ethereum Mainnet'; with a clear display, they can refuse.

  2. 02

    A phishing dApp asks for an EIP-712 signature labeled 'Login to MyDAO'; a security extension warns the user the underlying type is actually `setApprovalForAll`.

Questions fréquentes

Qu'est-ce que EIP-712 Signing ?

An Ethereum standard for typed, structured off-chain message signing that lets wallets display human-readable intent (e.g. 'sell 1 ETH to user X by Friday') and bind the signature to a domain, chain, and contract. Cette notion relève de la catégorie Web3 et blockchain en cybersécurité.

Que signifie EIP-712 Signing ?

An Ethereum standard for typed, structured off-chain message signing that lets wallets display human-readable intent (e.g. 'sell 1 ETH to user X by Friday') and bind the signature to a domain, chain, and contract.

Comment fonctionne EIP-712 Signing ?

EIP-712 (Ethereum typed structured data hashing and signing), authored by Remco Bloemen, Leonid Logvinov, and Jacob Evans in 2018, is the standard underlying virtually all modern off-chain signing flows on Ethereum and EVM L2s. Before EIP-712, signing a message meant calling `eth_sign` on a 32-byte opaque hash that a wallet had no way to render — a UX and security disaster. EIP-712 introduces structured types (`bytes32 typeHash`), domain separators that bind the signature to a chain ID, verifying contract, and version, and a JSON-RPC method (`eth_signTypedData_v4`) that lets wallets display field-by-field what is being signed. Use cases include Permit and Permit2 ERC-20 approvals (no on-chain transaction needed), OpenSea / Blur listings, gasless meta-transactions, ERC-4337 UserOperations, off-chain governance votes (Snapshot), and most Web3 game-economy signatures. From a security perspective EIP-712 enables but does not guarantee user comprehension: phishing kits routinely craft EIP-712 payloads that look like a benign 'login' but actually authorize unlimited token spend — the same pattern Inferno Drainer and successors abuse. Wallets that warn on known-dangerous EIP-712 patterns (Wallet Guard, ScamSniffer, Rabby) are the practical defense.

Comment se défendre contre EIP-712 Signing ?

Les défenses contre EIP-712 Signing combinent habituellement des contrôles techniques et des pratiques opérationnelles, comme détaillé dans la définition ci-dessus.

Quels sont les autres noms de EIP-712 Signing ?

Noms alternatifs courants : EIP-712, Typed structured data signing.

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