Human Wallet Introduces Fix for Blind Signing Attacks
Wilmington, Delaware, March 11th, 2025, Chainwire
Human Wallet has invited the public to participate in alpha testing its web3 wallet. The tests have been commissioned to verify the wallet’s impregnability to the sort of blind signing risks that recently saw Bybit hacked for $1.5B.
The move announced by Human Wallet accelerates its roadmap to deliver a secure, user-friendly alternative to traditional wallet setups. Wallet users are invited to participate in the alpha tests and explore the wallet’s security capabilities by downloading the Human Wallet browser extension in the Chrome web store.
The Bybit breach, the largest hack in crypto’s history, highlighted the dangers of blind signing, where users approve transactions without fully understanding their contents. Human Wallet counters this via a novel combination of two-party computation (2PC), trusted execution environments (TEEs), transaction simulation, and hardware wallets.
This generates human-readable summaries for users to review before signing. What’s new with this setup is that the transaction preview is seen on the secure hardware wallet, instead of on the website or device the hardware wallet connects to. With this solution, the $1.5B ByBit attack would not have happened since the compromised frontend would not be the place transaction simulations are viewed. Unlike centralized systems, the setup requires user consent, cryptographically verified through the decentralized Human Network to sign transactions.
Nanak Nihal Khalsa, co-founder and CTSO of Holonym Foundation said: “Given the urgency of recent events, and the concern this has caused within the crypto community, we’ve expedited internal testing to make Human Wallet available now. As an alpha release, we encourage users to experiment within their security workflows rather than rely on it for major assets at this point in time.”
For setup, users download the extension, create an account, and link a hardware wallet as a two-factor authentication (2FA) device, confirming transactions in plain language rather than hexadecimal code.
Using it as a signer in a multisig setup adds a safety net, which means that should an unlikely issue affect key recovery, a backup hardware wallet maintains access. This approach reflects Human Wallet’s desire to balance convenience and security, avoiding cumbersome methods requiring dedicated laptops or command-line verification often used to avoid blind signing.
Human Wallet builds on Holonym Foundation’s mission to enhance Web3 usability. Its TEE and 2PC framework aims to replace the trade-offs plaguing DeFi security, offering a middle ground between ease of use and robust protection.
About Human Wallet
Human Wallet, previously Silk, is a web3 wallet which removes the tradeoff between simplicity and security.
Developed by Holonym Foundation as part of the human.tech protocol suite, it combines trusted execution environments and two-party computation to prevent risks like blind signing, prioritizing user control and accessibility.
Learn more: https://www.silk.sc/
