@Walrus 🦭/acc #Walrus The Walrus project has recently sparked quite a bit of discussion within the Sui ecosystem. As an infrastructure for decentralized storage and privacy interactions, it is showing considerable potential thanks to the clever design of the $WAL token.

Let's first talk about what the token can actually do. Firstly, it serves as the medium for paying storage network fees; users need $WAL to access Walrus's storage services. Secondly, users participating in liquidity pools can earn a share of the transaction fees, providing an additional revenue stream for token holders. Additionally, there is a staking mechanism—staking $WAL helps maintain network security and rewards stakers accordingly. Lastly, there is a governance function—$WAL holders can vote on protocol upgrades. This way, the demand for the token is not singular but naturally grows as the ecosystem expands.

From a scarcity perspective, Walrus adopts a deflationary model driven by community-led buybacks, further strengthening the value attributes of $WAL.

The technical advantages are indeed impressive. Walrus fully leverages the parallel execution capabilities of the Sui blockchain to achieve sub-second data availability—meaning data retrieval is almost instantaneous. Even more impressive is that the costs are only a fraction of traditional cloud services. Combined with privacy interaction features, Walrus provides a comprehensive secure privacy backend solution for Web3 applications. Scenarios with high privacy requirements such as social applications, medical data, and copyright management are all well within its capabilities.

The community and ecosystem are also steadily progressing. The Walrus team maintains close collaborations with the Sui Foundation and other ecosystem projects, with the number of ecosystem partners continuously increasing. Discussions about Walrus on Twitter and Discord remain lively. Developer airdrops and testing incentives have attracted a group of talented technical professionals to join.

Looking ahead, as the mainnet gradually matures and institutional-grade applications are implemented, Walrus has the potential to become a pillar protocol within the Sui ecosystem. The value potential of $WAL L is also being unlocked accordingly. For investors optimistic about the development of the Sui ecosystem, now is a relatively good time to get involved in the Walrus ecosystem.