Decentralized storage is becoming a cornerstone of Web3’s infrastructure, and @Walrus 🩭/acc is leading the charge with a powerful solution built on the Sui blockchain. Walrus is not just another storage layer — it’s a programmable, cost-efficient, and resilient data availability network designed for large files like images, videos, AI datasets, and blockchain archives, where traditional on-chain storage falls short. By using advanced erasure-coding technology (Red Stuff), Walrus splits and distributes data across independent storage nodes, ensuring high availability and data recovery even if many nodes go offline. Developers can store blobs with metadata and availability proofs on Sui while smart contracts interact with these stored assets directly, enabling rich use cases like decentralized web hosting, multimedia dApps, and verifiable AI data storage. The native token $WAL plays a key role in the ecosystem: it’s used to pay for storage services, stake or delegate to secure the network, and participate in governance decisions that shape the protocol’s future. As Web3 continues to demand scalable and secure storage, #walrus is empowering builders and users alike to redefine how distributed applications handle data — and making decentralized storage more accessible and trustworthy than ever.