Walrus 🦠Protocol is a decentralized storage network built on Sui. designed for heavy data - media, AI models, anything too large for regular chains. it uses erasure coding instead of full replication, making storage more efficient and resilient. the $WAL token powers payments, staking, and governance, with a total cap of 5 billion tokens.
Walrus aims to become the “data layer” for Web3 - chain-agnostic, scalable, and censorship-resistant. backed by ~$140 million in funding, it positions itself against Filecoin and Arweave, focusing on performance and developer integration.
still early-stage, but if adoption on Sui expands and apps start storing real usage data through Walrus, it could evolve into one of the key primitives for decentralized compute and storage.
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Walrus tackling the “heavy data” layer is a big step for Web3, especially as AI models, media, and datasets start to outgrow traditional chains. The next real leap will come when storage like this connects seamlessly with on-chain computation, so data doesn’t just sit decentralized; it thinks, learns, and interacts directly within the network. Exciting space to watch.