I believe that the most significant change of mindset is the understanding that not all significant projects seem so at the beginning of their existence in the crypto industry. As a matter of fact the most important ones tend to seem uninspiring at first. No noise. No constant hype. Just steady building. That was precisely the impression I began to get with Sign.
Initially, I did not perceive it so. It resembled another infrastructural initiative that was attempting to appear larger than it was. However, as I listened the more I sensed something different. It was not attempting to race in the traditional crypto race. It was playing an entirely different game.
The thing that struck me is that Sign emphasizes on something that the majority does not think much about, which is verifiable truth in digital systems. Not views, not suppositions but real evidence. Who, when and with what conditions. That is easier said than done but once you consider taking that platform institution or even a country that is a huge challenge.
I believe this is where a huge majority of the crypto systems choke silently. They are able to transfer value but they are not always able to demonstrate context. And in no context systems deteriorate as time goes by. It is impossible to construct reliable services when the underlying data is not reliable. That is an empty pocket that no one pays attention to until it causes an issue warning.
Sign appears to be following this down to earth. It is not creating glitzy applications but the layer that increases the reliability of all the other layers. Identity, credentials, approvals, record everything there in can be verified and audited at the point of need. That is not thrilling at superficial level but is strong at the depth.
What also impressed me is the relationship between this and the real world. It is not only that governments institutions or large organizations need speed and that they need it with accuracy and accountability. Systems have to be traceable. Decisions must be justifiable. It is where a crypto unrelated thing like Sign is beginning to become applicable.
And when you take SIGN in hand it begins to lose its air of a speculative chip and begin to be a working component of a bigger mechanism. It facilitates communications, checks and balances and involvement in the network. Such utility is not always apparent initially but it gets significant with the increase in utilization.
I do not mean that this would be immediately mass adoption overnight. That is not often the case in infrastructure. It creeps up and it becomes part and parcel then one day it is omnipresent. The majority of the population realizes it afterwards. ⏳
In my case therefore the lesson is direct. Most of the market is preoccupied with what is trending and there are other projects such as Sign that are doing what is necessary. And I believe that disparity will become increasingly important as time passes by than many may believe.
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