just went through the ETH - Sign documentation this morning and honestly one thing hit me immediately 😂
the pitch is clean. parties sign an agreement. that signing event becomes an on-chain attestation. verifiable
permanent
nobody can dispute that the signature happened
and that part works. cryptographic proof of signing is real. the attestation is accurate
but here is what i keep thinking about
proof of signing is not proof of reading. never has been. a wet signature on paPer doesnt mean you read the document.a click-through doesnt mean you read the terms. an on-chain attestation of a signing event doesnt change that.
so what does EthSign actually give you. it gives you an irrefutable record that a specific key signed a specific document at a specific time. thats genuinely useful for dispute resolution. nobody can claim the signature was forged or backdated
what it doesnt give you is evidence the signer understood what they signed .for a simple payment agreement between two informed parties that probably doesnt matter. for a government issuing land title transfers or benefit agreements to citizens in low-literacy environments - the gap between signed and understoood is not a technical problem. its a real one.
honestly dont know if on-chain agreement attestation closes the dispute gap that actually matters or just the forgery gap while leaving the comprehension gap exactly where it always was?? 🤔
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