is gaining real traction with @Walrus 🦭/acc taking storage infrastructure to the next level. Built atop the Sui blockchain, Walrus offers a scalable, secure, and programmable storage network capable of handling large unstructured data like videos, images, and AI datasets — something traditional blockchains struggle with natively. Instead of storing full files on chain, Walrus splits data into encoded slivers with its efficient Red Stuff erasure-coding system and distributes them across a resilient network of storage nodes, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance even if nodes go offline. Metadata and proofs of availability remain on Sui, enabling smart contracts to reference and verify stored “blobs” directly within decentralized applications, opening new possibilities for Web3 projects that need dynamic data access and blockchain-verified assets. Developers can even host fully decentralized websites (Walrus Sites) directly on the network without centralized servers. The native $WAL token powers the ecosystem — it’s used to pay for storage services, stake with storage nodes to secure the network, and participate in on-chain governance processes that shape future protocol parameters. As Walrus continues evolving with its Mainnet now live and tools like SDKs and CLI interfaces empowering builders, #Walrus is becoming a foundational layer for the next generation of decentralized applications and data-intensive use cases.