Data often outlives its original context. Teams change, interfaces disappear, and usage patterns evolve.
Walrus addresses this by focusing on persistence without relying on fixed assumptions about access or coordination. Recovery paths are part of normal operation, not emergency procedures.
Long-lived data requires systems that expect change rather than resist it.
Red Stuff makes recovery routine — efficient, low-bandwidth. Epoch changes are deliberate so availability holds as context shifts. The system stays coherent even when original intent is gone.
Tusky shutdown was context change in action. Frontend gone, but persistence didn’t depend on it. Data from Pudgy Penguins and Claynosaurz outlived the interface.
Seal whitepaper extends that. Privacy that survives context loss — threshold encryption, on-chain policies.
Staking over 1B $WAL keeps persistence reliable across time. Price around 0.14 feels grounded.
2026 plans — Sui integration, AI markets — build on the same idea: persistence that endures context change.
Walrus isn’t pretending data will stay in its original context. It’s making sure persistence survives when context evolves. That’s the durable choice.