When discussing decentralized storage, one almost always falls into the easy comparison: "it's like Dropbox, but on Web3." In the case of Walrus, that analogy is not only inaccurate but also obscures its true proposition.
Walrus is not designed for you to "store files," but rather to ensure that large volumes of data are available, verifiable, and recoverable under explicit rules. The bytes reside on its storage network; control—metadata, certificates, and rights—is managed on Sui. This is a deliberate separation between data and control.
The key lies in treating files as verifiable blobs, not as simple static objects. This enables building applications where data does not rely on trust, but on proof. It is here that @Walrus 🦭/acc comes in: as infrastructure, not as an app.
In this model, $WAL does not represent "disk space," but incentives that make availability a financial commitment, not a promise.
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This post should not be considered financial advice. Always do your own research and make informed decisions when investing in cryptocurrencies.
