Walrus (WAL) Is the Kind of Project You Understand After You Build Something
Decentralized storage often sounds like an optional layer until you start building. Then it becomes obvious: storage determines whether your app feels complete or fragile. Smart contracts can execute perfectly, but if files vanish, user content disappears, or datasets are lost, the app stops being usable. That’s the gap Walrus addresses.
WAL is the native token of the Walrus protocol, which combines secure and private blockchain interactions with decentralized, privacy-preserving storage for large files. Operating on Sui, it uses blob storage for heavy data—NFT media, app assets, user records—and applies erasure coding to split and distribute that data across nodes, ensuring recoverability even if parts of the network go offline.
The token’s role in staking and governance keeps incentives aligned and the network decentralized, motivating storage providers to maintain reliability. Walrus isn’t flashy or attention-seeking; it’s quietly building the infrastructure that makes Web3 applications robust and trustworthy.
