I used to think more on-chain data meant better systems.
More transparency. More trust.
Then you actually try scaling it.
Gas doesn’t rise slowly. It spikes. Real usage hits, and suddenly every write feels like a cost decision. That’s where things start drifting.
Less data gets recorded. Updates slow down. Systems that were supposed to be open become selective without saying it.
That’s not failure. That’s quiet decay.
That’s why Sign Protocol makes more sense to me.
Not by avoiding the chain.
By using it properly.
Heavy data moves off-chain.
IPFS, Arweave, or private storage.
On-chain, just a CID.
Proof, not weight.
Because blockchains don’t break from hacks most of the time.
They break from cost pressure.