I didn’t start paying attention to @Walrus 🦭/acc because of privacy narratives. I started because I kept seeing people quietly using it, not shilling it. That usually gets my attention more than big announcements.
At first, I wasn’t sure what problem it was really trying to solve. “Decentralized storage” is a crowded phrase in crypto, and most of the time it sounds better than it works. But after watching #Walrus for a while, what stood out wasn’t the tech buzzwords. It was the focus on data staying available even when someone doesn’t want it to be.
What I noticed is that Walrus isn’t just about hiding transactions. It’s about making data harder to silence. In regions where platforms disappear overnight or access gets throttled, that matters more than people realize. Storing files in a way that doesn’t rely on one server or one company feels less theoretical when you’ve seen censorship play out in real time.
The fact it runs on Sui makes things cheaper and smoother than I expected. Not perfect, but usable. Still, one thing that keeps bothering me is adoption. Storage networks only work if enough people actually trust them with real data, not just test files.
I’m not fully convinced yet. But I’m watching. And in crypto, that usually means something’s doing at least one thing right.
— Crypto Raju x