The modular blockchain over the last two years has truly changed a lot. In the past, everyone stacked various functions onto one chain, resulting in it becoming increasingly bloated. Now, with a different approach—separating execution, consensus, and data, and running each according to its task. But this method also reveals one problem: without a reliable data layer as support, all the sophisticated designs become meaningless.
The Walrus Protocol approach is very interesting. Instead of saying that they provide storage, it is more accurate to say that they solve the main problem of data availability. Optimizing storage structures, improving data access efficiency, and lowering the participation threshold—these seemingly basic things are prerequisites for the ecosystem to run stably.
From this perspective, the role of the WAL token is actually very clear. Some people still consider it a speculative tool, but in the long run, this token is more like an indispensable fuel for running the network. If data needs to be stored, this token must be spent. The more prosperous the network, the greater the demand, and this design logic becomes stronger. This is what truly deserves attention.
Better Methods for Storing Data in Walrus: Content Addressing vs. Location Addressing
Location addressing, which places data based on its residence, is the foundation of traditional storage. With content addressing, Walrus reverses this model. Each file in Walrus is recognized by its type rather than its storage location. This implies that data integrity is inherent; if the identification changes, so does the information. Walrus uses content-based IDs to facilitate trustless data transfer across decentralized applications, simple deduplication, and verifiable storage. For the future of Web3 storage, this method makes Walrus more scalable, resilient, and immune to censorship. The Wal Ecosystem, supported by innovations from @Walrus 🦭/acc , revolutionizes how decentralized data should function.
