Decentralized storage has always had a problem: it is expensive and slow. Early protocols relied on full replication—copying a file 100 times to keep it safe. That is inefficient.
@Walrus 🦭/acc changes the game completely.
The Secret Sauce: "Red Stuff"
Walrus uses a breakthrough technology called 2D Erasure Coding (codenamed "Red Stuff"). Instead of copying your file, it breaks it into mathematical shards and distributes them across the network. If some nodes go offline, the network can reconstruct your data instantly from the remaining shards. This makes storage cheaper, faster, and more resilient.
Powered by Sui
By operating on the Sui blockchain, Walrus inherits incredible speed. It separates the "coordination" (who stores what) from the actual "storage" (the heavy blobs). This modular approach allows it to store massive files—like 4K videos or AI datasets—without clogging up the main blockchain.
Why it Matters
We are entering the era of AI and Big Data. Centralized clouds are vulnerable to censorship and hacks. Walrus offers a censorship-resistant alternative that is actually cost-effective for developers. This is the infrastructure layer that will power the next generation of dApps.
$WAL is the fuel for this new digital economy.
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