I’ve seen this pattern before… everyone’s chasing “digital money,” but that’s not the real shift.
The real shift is quieter. And heavier.
Money is starting to come with rules baked in. Conditions.
Identity checks. Proof layers sitting underneath every transaction. I remember thinking crypto was about neutral rails… turns out, that was a bit naive.
That’s where Sign Protocol gets interesting.
Not because it’s flashy. It’s not.
Because it sits right where value meets verification. Where decisions get enforced before money even moves.
That sounds frictionless. Cleaner. More reliable.
But let’s not pretend there’s no trade-off… whoever defines the proof layer starts shaping the system itself.
And I’ve had moments where that realization feels a little… uncomfortable.
So yeah, I keep watching Sign Protocol.
Because the real question isn’t what it does
…it’s who ends up controlling what counts as truth.