The $WAL token is the heartbeat of the Walrus ecosystem. It serves three vital roles: Payment, Security, and Governance. Users pay for storage in $WAL , which is then distributed to node operators as rewards. To ensure honest behavior, nodes must stake $WAL as "skin in the game." Additionally, token holders can vote on protocol upgrades, ensuring the community—not a central corporation—decides the future of the network’s data infrastructure.#Walrus @Walrus 🦭/acc