I’m looking at Walrus Protocol as a different approach to decentralized infrastructure. The idea is simple. Blockchains are good at truth but bad at holding large files.
Cloud storage is scalable but depends on trust. Walrus sits between those worlds. They break data into pieces and spread it across many independent nodes so no single machine matters.
The system uses Sui as a control layer. Ownership rules and proofs live onchain while the data itself lives offchain across the network.
When data is uploaded the network commits to storing it for a set time and that commitment can be verified. I’m drawn to this because they’re not promising speed or hype. They’re promising durability. It feels like infrastructure designed for the long term rather than the next cycle.