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On-chain governance engagement is a robust, hard-to-forge signal of alignment and long-term commitment. Projects favor wallets that consistently vote, propose improvements, and participate in governance discussions because these actions indicate stewardship rather than opportunism. Reputation systems—time-weighted voting, delegated vote history, proposal success rates—help distinguish meaningful contributors. That said, some projects remain cautious: voting can be delegated/sold, and vote participation spikes may be gamed. Therefore governance activity is increasingly combined with other signals (forum contributions, proposal authorship, code commits) to form a composite “credibility” score rather than a sole determinant.