When Attestations Start Acting Like Gatekeepers
While working inside Sign Protocol, I noticed something subtle shift once attestations started stacking. At first, they feel like simple records. Then suddenly they begin deciding who gets access to what. Not through explicit permissions, but through accumulated trust signals.
Schemas are where this really shows up. Once a schema is reused across apps, every new attestation feeds into the same logic layer. It is less about storing facts and more about shaping behavior. A wallet with 3–4 relevant attestations starts getting treated differently than one with none, even if both are technically valid users.
There is also a cost angle. Because most data can stay off-chain with only references stored, writing attestations is relatively cheap compared to full on-chain storage. That changes frequency. You stop being selective and start logging more interactions.
Still feels fragile though. If schemas are poorly designed early on, you end up with noisy signals. And once those signals start gating access, cleaning them up later is not straightforward.
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