#walrus You might think you're using the cloud, but in fact, the cloud is using you.
A friend sent me a screenshot: a document he uploaded to a centralized cloud drive was flagged by the algorithm as "violating rules."
I laughed and said, "Congratulations, data freedom has graduated today."
Centralized services always feel convenient,
but the price of convenience is that you no longer own it.
This is why I later started using @Walrus 🦭/acc .
$WAL is Walrus's energy system,
it allows every node to serve the network like a "free worker."
After your file is uploaded, it's no longer stored on a company's server,
but instead, it's cut into hundreds or thousands of encrypted fragments distributed around the world.
The verification and recovery of these fragments rely entirely on mathematics, not on an "administrator."
Official data shows that Walrus's average upload latency is only 350 milliseconds,
storage costs are 30% lower than traditional clouds,
and the node dropout tolerance can reach 45%.
I tested uploading a 1GB video, which took less than 70 seconds.
So, I ask you, isn’t that appealing?
And the most remarkable part is the logic of privacy verification.
You can let others verify that a file exists, but they cannot see the content.
This is called "selectively verifiable privacy."
In simple terms: you can prove you haven't lied, but no one knows what you said.
The future possibilities of Walrus extend beyond storage.
It actually serves as a "privacy foundational layer."
The upper layers can include encrypted social networking, anonymous finance, corporate data sharing…
All applications that "fear being watched" can use it as their support.
We think the cloud is a symbol of freedom,
but in reality, the cloud is just someone else's computer.
And Walrus finally makes the cloud our computer.
