Last month, a friend urged me to invest in a community token, saying, "The team has a big vision, all for early contributors." I asked him about the lock-up mechanism. He sent me a screenshot that said, "The team promises to stay in the long run."

Promise.

These two characters make my scalp tingle when I hear them now. The last project that told me about "long-term commitment" lasted three months, the founder cleared his Twitter, and the Discord turned into an advertisement group overnight. You say to find someone? They didn't even leave a real name at the beginning; who do you argue with?

So when I saw YZi Labs throw $55 million into Sign a couple of days ago, my first reaction wasn't "Wow, great project," but rather—these investment guys finally tasted the fear of being governed by "verbal promises."

The TokenTable created by Sign is, to put it bluntly, a way to lock in the project party's words of "we will lock the tokens, you can rest assured" on the blockchain. Do VCs want to run away early? The code won't allow it. Does the team want to change the unlock time? They can't change it. You don’t need to trust anyone’s character; you just need to trust whether the code is written correctly.

Some people complain that SBTs cannot be sold or transferred, thinking it's useless. But have you considered that an identity that can be bought and sold at will is called a "skin"? Today, it wears the skin of supporting you, and tomorrow it might support the opposing party. This SBT from Sign is a record of how many days you’ve spent in this ecosystem, how many valid suggestions you’ve made, and how many nights you’ve stayed up. This kind of person makes the project party think twice before taking action—if they mess with this kind of person, the community will be the first to disagree.

There’s a saying in my hometown, "Empty words are not credible; written words serve as evidence." In Web3, even written evidence is not enough; you have to establish the code.

In the future, if anyone tells you "big vision, no running away," just throw them the link to Sign: Here, lock it in the contract, and let’s continue the conversation. @SignOfficial $SIGN #Sign地缘政治基建