Most websites and digital applications still depend on centralized servers to store their files and content.
Even many blockchain-based projects rely on traditional hosting systems to serve images, application assets, and front-end data.
This creates a contradiction: decentralized applications often depend on centralized infrastructure to function.
#walrus addresses this gap by providing decentralized storage infrastructure capable of hosting application data, media files, and web content in a reliable and scalable way.
Instead of relying on single servers or cloud providers, applications can distribute their data across independent storage nodes while maintaining availability and integrity.
This makes it possible for developers to build applications where both logic and data remain decentralized.
Within this system, $WAL plays a functional role by coordinating storage providers, incentivizing participation, and maintaining the reliability of the network.
If blockchain enables decentralized computation, Walrus helps enable decentralized web infrastructure.
The future of Web3 applications may depend not only on smart contracts — but on where their data lives.