Walrus exists because blockchains are bad at storing data.
Transactions are easy.
Files are not.
Most apps solve this by using centralized servers, which quietly breaks decentralization.
I’m seeing Walrus as a way out of that tradeoff.
They’re building a decentralized storage network where data is split, encoded, and spread across many nodes.
The blockchain does not hold the data itself.
It only verifies that the data exists, who controls it, and how it can be accessed.
This keeps costs low while keeping trust high.
Walrus runs on Sui, which makes sense because Sui handles objects and ownership efficiently.
Data becomes something you own, not something you temporarily upload.
The purpose is simple but important.
If apps want to last, their data must survive without depending on any single company.