Walrus doesn’t try to replace blockchains—it works with them. Think of a blockchain as a coordination layer, while Walrus handles the heavy lifting of data storage. Every action in Walrus—like assigning storage shards, verifying data, or rotating committees—is tracked on an external blockchain, so all updates are transparent and tamper-proof. The blockchain ensures a total order of operations, meaning no one can secretly manipulate what’s stored or who stores it. Walrus even uses high-performance protocols like Sui and smart contracts in Move to automate critical tasks. By combining blockchain coordination with erasure coding and ACDS, Walrus creates a system where data is secure, verifiable, and always available—without needing to trust any single node. It’s decentralized storage done the right way.
