How @Walrus 🦭/acc Stores Data

Instead of storing full files on every node, Walrus uses advanced erasure coding — the Red Stuff algorithm — to break data into many smaller encoded pieces called “slivers.” These slivers are distributed across storage nodes so that even if a large portion of nodes goes offline, the original data can still be recovered.

This design keeps storage overhead relatively low (~4–5× replication) while still maintaining resistance to faults and censorship, meaning the network can scale with lower cost and higher performance than systems requiring full replication.

Walrus stores only metadata and proofs of availability on the Sui blockchain, which allows for cryptographic verification of file storage without putting the entire file onchain.

When a user requests stored content, an aggregator gathers the necessary slivers from multiple nodes and reconstructs the file, which can then be delivered via CDN or cache for efficiency.

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