There’s a lot of excitement around @walrusprotocol and how $WAL is powering a new kind of decentralized storage layer on Sui. Walrus offers scalable, verifiable, and cost-effective storage for large datasets, media files, NFTs, and AI assets by breaking data into fragments and spreading it across a decentralized network with proofs of availability on chain. This approach cuts costs significantly compared with traditional solutions and keeps data resilient even if some nodes go offline, making it practical for real-time Web3 applications, decentralized websites, and programmable storage integrations. On Mainnet, WAL is used to pay for storage, stake to secure the network, and participate in governance decisions that shape the future of storage economics and protocol upgrades. Seeing builders and developers adopt programmable storage and more flexible on-chain data workflows highlights how decentralized infrastructure is evolving beyond simple token models. #Walrus