I still remember the first time I backed up a bunch of photos and then lost track of where they were. That odd mix of relief and worry. Walrus feels a bit like a response to that feeling, only on a bigger, internet-wide scale. It’s a decentralized storage network built on the Sui blockchain—designed not just to hold data, but to make it verifiable, movable and under your control.
This past year has been all about proving itself. The mainnet went live in March 2025, and suddenly apps and developers had a real place to publish and retrieve blobs—big chunks of data like videos and AI files—without a single company guarding the keys.
The native token, WAL, plays a practical role here. It’s how storage gets paid for, how people help secure the network, and how decisions get made. A chunk of those tokens was shared with the community early on, showing that this isn’t just a closed project but one trying to grow with real people in the mix.
Lately, builders have been talking about tools that make small file storage less clunky, because handling thousands of tiny pieces of data used to feel like juggling marbles. That’s slowly changing as the tech evolves.
It’s quiet work, mostly behind the scenes. But for anyone who’s tired of wondering where their bits live or who controls them, Walrus feels like a deeper kind of foundation—for data and for trust starting to take shape.
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