Real utility shows when a project isn’t just recycling ideas for a quick valuation pump, but actually solving problems with a working product and some form of revenue or user traction.
That’s why lately I’ve been more drawn to platforms working on things like on-chain identity, verifiable credentials, and unlocking liquidity for illiquid assets. Quiet builders, not loud marketers.
If it’s not addressing a gap in the ecosystem, it’s just noise.
I've seen so many projects talk about utility when it's really just staking or some vague promise of future value. To me real utility means actual usage beyond speculation, something that either makes life easier, more secure or more accessible for users. I’ve been gravitating toward projects working in areas like on-chain identity, verifiable reputation and tokenising previously illiquid assets, all things that fix long-standing pain points in Web2 and Web3.