Walrus RedStuff erasure coding beats raw replication when nodes disappear
Walrus tries to make blob storage feel like infrastructure, not a side quest. Instead of copying the same data to every node, the network slices each blob into pieces plus parity, so you can reconstruct the original even if some nodes go offline RedStuff-style erasure coding aims to keep availability high with less waste than raw replication.It’s like using spare parts to rebuild a machine when a few pieces go missing.For a trader-investor lens, I watch whether retrieval stays predictable during churn, because that’s where confidence breaks.you spend tokens to upload and fetch data, some parties stake to prove they’re serious about keeping blobs available, and governance is where the community tweaks the rules and upgrades when things break. Uncertainty: I still don’t know how smooth it stays when a bunch of nodes drop at the worst possible time.
