When Identity Scale Becomes a Stress Test: Walrus Storing 10M+ Credentials With Humanity Protocol
I've gotten frustrated plenty of times when dApps grind to a halt on identity checks because decentralized storage just can't handle the real load credentials either disappear or take an eternity to pull up.
#Walrus is like that unassuming, massive warehouse for digital files designed to keep everything right there and accessible, even when the shelves are crammed full.
It handles unstructured blobs with guaranteed availability via erasure coding spread across nodes on Sui, zeroing in on durability and high-throughput access instead of trying to be a jack-of-all-trades for execution.
The whole setup keeps costs steady and predictable for massive data volumes, steering clear of the central bottlenecks that drag down older systems.
$WAL takes care of the storage fees, lets holders stake to operate nodes and bolster network security, and gives them a say in protocol changes through voting.
Humanity Protocol's recent switch from IPFS migrated over 10 million encrypted credentials on-chain, putting Walrus through its paces with more than 300GB of actual data and it's held up without a single downtime incident so far. I'm keeping watch on whether it scales effortlessly to 100 million credentials, but the focus on dependable, straightforward storage positions it like true infrastructure always quietly ready when builders need it the most.