Under the accelerated impact of the digital wave, the way the world operates is being redefined almost every day. So, how can we establish a set of global standards between the identity systems, asset allocation and regulatory rules that operate independently within each sovereign state to break through the "glass ceiling" of global collaboration caused by data silos, inconsistent standards and high compliance costs?
To break this ceiling, we need a trust foundation that can be accepted by sovereign states, multinational companies, and even pure Web3 communities. Sign is doing just that:
Sovereign identity: Through the Sign Protocol, official credentials such as passports and visas are securely moved to the chain, helping the government unleash the potential of digital government affairs within a compliance framework.
TokenTable Standard: modularizes and templates the complex token issuance, unlocking, and distribution processes, allowing companies and project parties to issue tokens like calling an API, while ensuring regulatory traceability.
In short, Sign hopes to move "demand scenarios that need to be easily verifiable on a global scale" to the blockchain through unified standards, from identity verification to asset ownership, so that individuals, businesses and governments can enjoy the convenience of global collaboration.
Project Overview: What problem does Sign solve?
Project Overview
SIGN is currently involved in the construction of multiple national digital infrastructures. Its products have been deployed in the UAE, Thailand and Sierra Leone, and are planned to cover more than 20 countries and regions, including emerging digital government practice hotspots such as Barbados and Singapore.
In terms of product indicators, the number of Sign Protocol credential templates has achieved an order of magnitude growth. The total cumulative distribution of the TokenTable platform has exceeded US$4 billion, covering more than 40 million on-chain wallet addresses. There are more than 200 actual service projects, covering multiple mainstream ecosystems including Starknet, ZetaChain, and Notcoin.
The capital market's recognition of it is gradually being realized. Sequoia Capital participated in the investment across regions, and YZi Labs also led the subsequent rounds. The Sign project has achieved an annual revenue of 15 million US dollars, becoming one of the few participants in the identity and token infrastructure track with a real revenue model, showing strong market competitiveness and development potential.
Project Vision
As global collaboration continues to evolve, Sign has proposed the concept of a "super-sovereign database", attempting to use blockchain technology to create a globally verifiable and auditable information structure system, promote the comprehensive integration of on-chain governance, on-chain economy and on-chain identity, and become the underlying engine for global digital collaboration.
Core Positioning
Sign's core architecture focuses on two key modules: identity authentication infrastructure and asset distribution infrastructure. Based on this, Sign is building a standardized, programmable, cross-chain deployable trust layer protocol. This protocol can meet the basic needs of Web3 and has an identity and distribution system that is highly compatible with the real world, providing reliable guarantees for achieving trust and value transfer on a global scale.
Technical deconstruction: Sign's underlying architecture and product matrix
Based on the Sign Protocol and its derivative products (TokenTable, SignPass, EthSign), Sign connects the three major engines of identity, services, and assets on the chain, leading the construction of the next generation of digital social infrastructure.
Sign Protocol: a full-chain authentication protocol
Sign Protocol has excellent scalability and flexible deployment capabilities. The system supports multi-chain deployment and can be deployed locally on the sovereign chain according to regulatory compliance requirements. At the same time, it uses Arweave to achieve off-chain redundant backup of data to ensure data security and durability. The index layer is provided with unified management capabilities by SignScan, which supports standardized query and verification of on-chain credentials, greatly improving the convenience and efficiency of operations.
The protocol supports local contract interaction mechanisms and remote deployment architectures, and can access multiple identity sources in Web2 and Web3. By adopting asymmetric encryption and zero-knowledge proof mechanisms, Sign not only provides strong identity authentication capabilities, but also ensures the complete protection of user privacy, allowing users to enjoy convenient services without worrying about personal information leakage.
TokenTable: Digital Asset Distribution Engine
TokenTable is the most comprehensive digital asset distribution engine in the industry. The Unlocker module provides a fully on-chain trusted token unlocking solution, suitable for complex unlocking logic such as linear release and event triggering. The Merkle distributor adopts a hybrid design, which saves gas costs while retaining the flexibility of distribution logic. The signature distributor focuses on centralized and efficient distribution scenarios, adapting to activities that require social interaction and complex behavioral incentives.
SignPass: On-chain identity system
SignPass launches a highly configurable on-chain identity system for governments and organizations, which can effectively support their efficient application in many scenarios such as digital government affairs, resource allocation and user authentication. Through SignPass, user identities can be easily reused between different protocols and platforms, becoming authoritative credentials for participating in on-chain governance and various activities, greatly improving the convenience of users' activities and sense of identity in the digital world.
EthSign: The first on-chain signing application
As an early product of the Sign ecosystem, EthSign has become a representative application of on-chain electronic signing after continuous development. All contract signing records are permanently stored on the chain, which ensures that the contract content cannot be tampered with at the legal and technical levels, and provides a solid and reliable foundation for on-chain business activities. Whether it is cooperation between enterprises or transactions between individuals and institutions, EthSign can ensure the security, transparency and credibility of the signing process.
Economic Model: SIGN Token Information
As a token based on the ERC-20 standard, SIGN is the core incentive mechanism and functional token of the Sign protocol. The current maximum supply is set at 10 billion, with an initial circulation ratio of 12%, of which the tradable portion is approximately 8.5%. This mechanism ensures initial market stability while leaving ample room for long-term governance incentives and provides a solid foundation for ecological construction.
The role of the SIGN token runs through all levels of ecological use. At the protocol usage and deployment level, SIGN is used as computing resource fuel. At the community level, the token has mortgage and governance capabilities, and can participate in product parameter setting and protocol evolution proposals. In addition, SIGN also carries the value consensus function, providing holders with a channel to participate in the long-term direction decision-making of the ecosystem.
Capital and community: from "top investment" to "cultural consensus"
Since its inception, the Sign project has successfully obtained $32 million in financing with its outstanding innovation and huge development potential. In the early stage, Sequoia Capital jointly invested across the Americas and Asia, providing strong financial support for the launch and development of the project.
In subsequent rounds, YZi Labs took the lead in supporting and further promoted the expansion and upgrading of the project. This capital structure not only covers major global markets, but also fully reflects Sign's global potential in industry cognition, compliance layout and business implementation, laying a solid foundation for its future development.
The Sign ecosystem has built a global builder community with cultural identity around Orange Dynasty. In terms of on-chain governance, SignPass, as an on-chain identity carrier, has been introduced into the DAO participation system, allowing community members to participate in proposals and voting decisions with their identity credentials, forming an on-chain identity social network with signing, socializing, verification and distribution as the core interaction structure. This mechanism is promoting a new on-chain relationship form of "user-protocol-asset".
Future Outlook: From “Protocol” to “Digital Civilization”
Sign plans to launch a series of strategically significant product iterations in 2025. Sign will promote government-level deployment in more countries, promote the widespread application of blockchain technology in sovereign institution scenarios, and further enhance its influence in the government sector.
In the second half of the year, Sign plans to focus on mobile ecosystem integration, aiming to connect identity, task and distribution modules, build a convenient user participation and liquidity portal, and attract more users to join the Sign ecosystem. At the end of the year, Sign Media Network will be officially launched, marking the successful transformation of Sign from a basic protocol to a content distribution network, extending its capabilities in data sovereignty and on-chain publishing, and providing new platforms and opportunities for the creation and dissemination of digital content.
Mid- to long-term strategy
In the medium term, Sign will launch the Sovereign Layer2 solution as a customized Rollup service form on the government side. Through the deep integration of on-chain identity and token systems, Sign is depicting the prototype concept of "on-chain country". At the same time, the "Sign Stack" public utility stack will continue to be launched to provide developers with standardized calling interfaces and development environments, and promote the further maturity of the Web3 application ecosystem.
Building the foundation of trust: Sign leads a new era of digital civilization
Sign is not just a technical protocol or a single platform, but is building a trust and collaboration system for the future. At a critical stage when identity compliance has become a global consensus, its infrastructure capabilities are becoming a key support for the digital society.
With its cross-chain compatible architecture, privacy protection technology and real-world cases, Sign shows how Web3 can go beyond its boundaries and move towards a feasible path for national-level application scenarios. A more credible, transparent and verifiable digital civilization may be opening up from this. And Sign will play an indispensable and important role in this transformation, leading us to a future full of opportunities and possibilities.
