๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐
Most people still picture decentralized storage as
ust copying the same data everywhere.
๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต.
Itโs built around blob storage, which makes a lot more sense when youโre dealing with real-world data โ videos, images, PDFs, large datasets โ not tiny files.
Instead of blindly replicating everything, Walrus uses erasure coding.
In simple terms, data is split into smaller parts and spread across the network.
The result is pretty straightforward:
lower storage costs
better efficiency
a system that can actually scale
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ผ๐ถ๐๐ฒ.
Another detail that often gets ignored:
Walrus storage works in epochs. Storage is allocated and renewed for defined time periods, which keeps the system predictable and disciplined instead of chaotic.
From a builderโs point of view:
$WAL is used to pay for storage
while transactions are tightly connected to the Sui ecosystem
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป.
๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Iโm not looking at this project through short-term hype,
but through the lens of where decentralized data infrastructure is actually heading.
