I’m looking at Walrus (WAL) as infrastructure, not just a token, and that’s what makes it interesting. The project is designed to solve a real problem: blockchains are good at logic and value, but terrible at storing large data. Walrus fills that gap. They’re using erasure coding to split files into fragments, then spreading those fragments across a decentralized network so data stays available even when nodes fail. No single point of control, no single point of failure.
In practice, it feels very builder-friendly. I can upload large assets, datasets, or application state, get a verifiable reference, and let apps retrieve that data when needed. This is huge for games, AI tools, media-heavy dApps, and anything that needs more than just smart contracts. They’re also leaning into privacy, which matters. Users can interact with apps without exposing every detail publicly, and that opens the door to more serious use cases.
WAL is how the system stays alive. I can stake it to help secure the network, and they’re using it for governance so decisions aren’t made behind closed doors. Long term, Walrus looks like a decentralized cloud layer—one that apps, companies, and individuals can rely on without trusting a central provider.