Walrus Storage Objects on Sui: Programmable Lifetimes and Deletion Semantics
I’m quietly frustrated when “storage” talks permanence but dodges expiry and deletion.
It’s like renting a locker where you pick the lease length before you move your boxes in.
Walrus stores data as Sui-linked objects, so an app can attach simple rules: who may update it, and whether it should persist or expire, making lifetimes part of the data model. The design choice is programmable lifetimes at the object level, with the trade-off of more complexity and more permission edge cases. The WAL token is used for network fees and can be staked to secure and govern parameters. A failure mode is mis-set rules or access control that leaves “deleted” objects still retrievable, creating audit and compliance headaches. I’m still unsure how well these semantics hold up under messy real apps and adversarial clients. #Walrus @Walrus 🦭/acc $WAL
