I want to check in with everyone about $WAL because Walrus has been making steady progress and it’s starting to show in how the project feels overall.
What’s happening right now is very much a build focused phase. Walrus has been putting serious effort into strengthening its storage infrastructure so it can support real usage at scale. Improvements around data availability performance and consistency are laying the groundwork for applications that actually depend on reliable decentralized storage. This is especially important for things like gaming AI workloads and onchain content where speed and uptime matter.
The network itself is also getting healthier. Participation from nodes and validators continues to grow which helps improve decentralization and long term reliability. A stronger backbone gives developers confidence that the network can handle growth without issues. On that note the developer experience has been improving as well. Integrating storage is becoming more straightforward which lowers friction for teams building real products.
$WAL is deeply tied into all of this. It secures the network and incentivizes those providing storage and resources so as activity increases the token becomes more relevant not less.
Nothing here feels rushed or overhyped. If you’re following Walrus Protocol this feels like one of those quiet phases where strong foundations are being set and those are usually the ones that matter most long term.