Storing data is easy when systems are new.
Keeping it available years later is the hard part.
As data grows, storage becomes expensive. Fewer people want to carry the full load. Slowly, control shifts to a smaller group. Nothing crashes, but decentralization fades.
Walrus was built to avoid this outcome.
Instead of forcing full copies everywhere, Walrus shares responsibility. Data is split and distributed so no single operator carries everything. This keeps participation open and costs manageable.
$WAL aligns incentives so nodes stay reliable even when activity is low. That’s when data matters most.
Walrus doesn’t promise speed. It promises access.
