I’m seeing Walrus as a response to a very real problem in Web3.
Blockchains are great at coordination but terrible at storing large data.
Images videos AI datasets and game assets simply do not belong inside smart contracts.
Walrus steps in as a decentralized storage and data availability layer designed specifically for this gap.
The idea is simple but powerful.
Walrus stores large data as blobs across a network of storage nodes instead of pushing everything on chain.
They’re using erasure coding so data is split into pieces with redundancy rather than copied in full again and again.
This keeps costs lower while still protecting availability.
What makes the system work is how it connects to Sui.
The blockchain acts as a control layer that records storage commitments and availability proofs.
I’m not asked to trust a single node or company.
The system itself enforces the rules.
The purpose of Walrus is not to replace blockchains or clouds overnight.
It is to give developers a reliable decentralized option when data really matters.
If it works long term storage becomes something apps can depend on without thinking about it.