Walrus keeps catching my attention for one simple reason: it treats data as part of the blockchain experience, not an afterthought. Instead of pushing files to some fragile external service and hoping they stay online, Walrus turns storage into something verifiable, resilient, and programmable. You store data, the network commits to keeping it available, and apps can actually reason about that data on-chain.
What I like most is how practical it feels. Large files, app assets, AI datasets — all handled efficiently, without bloating the chain or relying on blind trust. $WAL quietly ties incentives together so storage stays honest and usable over time. No noise, no hype loops, just infrastructure that makes Web3 applications more real and more durable. That’s the kind of foundation that tends to matter later.