The cross chain plans for Walrus have me paying closer attention, extending beyond Sui to support Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and others means programmable blobs available pretty much anywhere.
Apps on different chains could store and interact with data decentralized, without being locked to one ecosystem. Coordination stays fast on Sui, but access opens wide.
Tested some basic blobs again, loving how they work as onchain assets, easy to reference, version, or build on.
Combined with Seal for confidentiality, it covers a lot: public media one day, gated AI datasets the next.
Staking $WAL feels rewarding, yields from securing the distributed nodes as more data flows in.
The deflationary side with burns from usage adds longterm appeal too, especially as adoption grows in AI infrastructure and data markets.
Partnerships popping up, like with Talus for AI agents handling onchain data, show real traction.
For gaming or NFTs, perpetual storage that's cheap and verifiable could change things, no broken links or central failures.
It's positioning as flexible infrastructure for the data-heavy future.
Holding and using because it solves real pains I've seen in other chains.