Walrus is designed as decentralized storage infrastructure for Web3, not a consumer app or a short-term trend. Its main goal is to let applications store and retrieve large amounts of data in a way that is private, fault-tolerant, and resistant to censorship.
At a technical level, Walrus breaks large files into encoded pieces using erasure coding. These pieces are stored across many independent storage providers as blobs. This design reduces costs compared to full replication and improves durability, because data can be recovered even if some nodes fail. The protocol runs on the Sui blockchain, which allows efficient handling of these large data objects.
WAL is the native token that powers the system. Users pay WAL for storage, providers stake WAL to participate honestly, and token holders can take part in governance. I like this model because incentives are clear and simple. They’re not promising unrealistic returns, just a functioning network where everyone has a role.
The long-term goal of Walrus is to become a core storage layer for Web3. As privacy, regulation, and data ownership become bigger concerns, decentralized storage will matter more. I’m paying attention to Walrus because if Web3 grows up, it will need infrastructure like this to support it
