I think the difference between demo apps and real apps shows up fastest in storage. A small demo can survive on weak setups, but real apps cannot. Once users show up, you need reliable access to heavy data like images, videos, datasets, logs, and save files. That is where Walrus actually feels relevant to me.
WAL is the token behind the Walrus protocol, which supports private transactions and secure blockchain interactions while also handling decentralized storage. Since it runs on $SUI , Walrus can store large unstructured data through blob storage without forcing everything directly on chain. On top of that, erasure coding splits files into pieces and spreads them across the network, so the data can still be rebuilt even if some parts disappear.
To me, that is what makes decentralized storage usable under real pressure. It stops being a cool concept and starts acting like infrastructure. WAL adds the economic layer through staking, governance, and incentives, which helps keep the network secure and sustainable over time.
This feels like infrastructure thinking, not hype thinking.
