Walrus continues thriving on Sui as a programmable decentralized storage platform, powering AI data markets, DeFi, and entertainment through innovations like Red Stuff encoding and incentivized proofs of availability.
Recent Partnerships
Walrus integrated with Myriad for transparent prediction markets using its data layer, while Collective Memory partnered to build onchain social networks. OneFootball leverages Walrus for decentralized football content management, and Space and Time uses it for real-time onchain insights; Gata taps it for AI infrastructure cost reduction.
Grayscale launched trusts for Sui ecosystem protocols including Walrus, and WAL listed on Binance Alpha.
## Technical Innovations
Red Stuff encoding breaks data into efficient slivers for resiliency and scalability, with upfront proofs of availability confirmed via random challenges to storage nodes. Storage capacity tokenizes as Sui objects for smart contract composability, supporting cross-chain use on Solana and Ethereum alongside Sui's Move language.
dPoS secures the network, with WAL staking for nodes, governance, and data recovery even amid churn.
## Ecosystem Growth
Walrus hit mainnet milestones like 4.5 million blobs stored, with partners like Claynosaurz at launch and recent AI-focused integrations from OpenGradient, Swarm Network, and elizaOS for agentic workflows. Blogs highlight 2025 review, Haulout Hackathon winners, and scaling decentralization.
Developer tools include TypeScript SDK upgrades and Pipe Network for better bandwidth.
