Walrus Protocol: The "Red Stuff" Revolutionizing Web3 Storage
Data is the lifeblood of the digital age, yet in Web3, storing it has historically been expensive, slow, or dangerously centralized. Enter Walrus Protocol—a decentralized storage network built by Mysten Labs (the creators of Sui) that is changing the game with a piece of tech called "Red Stuff."
If you think all decentralized storage is the same, here is why Walrus is different and why the $WAL token might be the backbone of the next generation of the internet.
🧠 The Problem with "Copy-Paste"
Most decentralized storage systems rely on simple replication. To keep a file safe, they copy it dozens of times across different nodes. While this works, it is incredibly inefficient and expensive. You end up paying for 10x or 20x the storage you actually use.
Walrus solves this with Erasure Coding (specifically their novel "Red Stuff" algorithm). Instead of copying the whole file, it breaks data