Come closer, friend let me explain Walrus like we’re having chai in Peshawar. I’m super convinced Walrus (@Walrus 🦭/acc ) is going to be one of the most important pieces of Web3 infrastructure in 2026 and here’s why.
Web3 needs to move beyond tokens and hype to real, scalable apps DeFi, gaming, AI agents, social platforms, metaverses all of them depend on fast, cheap, permanent storage for big files (videos, 3D models, datasets, user content). Centralized clouds (AWS, Google) are expensive, censor, and create single points of failure. Old decentralized storage (IPFS, Filecoin) is slow, costly for large data, or wastes space with full copies.
Walrus solves this with efficient data availability on the high-speed Sui blockchain. It uses advanced “Red Stuff” erasure coding to split files into shards you only need a subset to rebuild the whole file, even if 50%+ nodes fail. This gives high availability with minimal redundancy (1.5–3x vs 10x+ in old systems), slashing costs and boosting speed/scalability.
Real points that make it matter:
Cost efficiency creators, devs, AI companies store petabytes without breaking the bank
Speed & scale Sui’s throughput + Red Stuff = fast retrieval for real-time apps
Censorship resistance no single entity can delete or block data
Programmability on-chain verifiable storage enables smart contracts to trust data
Deflationary tokenomics fees burn $WAL, over 1B staked (Jan 22, 2026) locks supply
Today (Jan 22, 2026): $WAL ≈ $0.149 $0.156, market cap ~$235–$246M, strong Binance volume. a16z named it key infra in 2026 outlook. Pudgy Penguins already stores NFT media on it real adoption proof.
Here are visuals to see it clearly:
This diagram shows Red Stuff erasure coding — efficient availability vs full replication.
This illustrates Walrus enabling Web3 apps (gaming/AI) with permanent data.
Quick price chart current stability around $0.15.
Straight up, I hold $WAL because Web3 wins when infrastructure is cheap, fast, and unstoppable. Walrus is that layer.
What do you think?
See Walrus as key Web3 infra?
Still using centralized storage?
Holding $WAL? Tell me honestly I’m listening!
