@Walrus 🦭/acc keeps things simple and smart when it comes to decentralized storage. Instead of mixing everything together, it splits up control and data storage. The blockchain takes care of the important stuff metadata, permissions, and governance while a separate network of storage nodes actually holds your data.
Here’s how it works: when you want to store something, you get a unique blob ID and lock in storage through the blockchain. Then the data gets run through the Red Stuff algorithm, chopped up, and spread out across a bunch of nodes. It’s not just one node holding your data Walrus asks most of the network to confirm they’ve got it. Once enough nodes give the green light, that proof lands on-chain, so you know your data’s really there.
To make sure nothing gets messed up, Walrus uses Merkle trees. They’re fast and make checking data integrity pretty straightforward. Right now, Walrus runs on the Sui blockchain for its control layer, but honestly, the setup is open other blockchains or encoding methods can slot in as long as they cover the basics.
In the end, Walrus is all about being reliable, easy to verify, and truly decentralized. It’s shaping up to be a solid backbone for Web3 storage over the long haul.
