Decentralized storage is becoming increasingly competitive, but Walrus Protocol has found a unique breakthrough within the Sui ecosystem.

Traditional cloud storage giants charge exorbitant fees and are subject to scrutiny at any time. Blockchain storage solutions also have their pitfalls—either the permanent storage costs are ridiculously high, or the technical solutions simply can't scale. What card is Walrus playing? Distributed blob storage combined with erasure coding technology, with the core focus on reducing costs and improving reliability.

The most impressive part is its "pay-as-you-go" model. You pay only for the duration you need to store data, unlike Arweave, which requires paying several years upfront. This cost advantage is immediately apparent for large game studio files, high-resolution assets for NFT creators, or model weights for AI teams.

Data is dispersed across global nodes, so even if a single node encounters issues, data can be fully recovered. True resistance to censorship and data sovereignty are not just talk.

On the ecosystem level, $WAL tokens are essential—they are used for paying fees, staking nodes, and community voting. Projects are already integrating into the Sui ecosystem, and storage demand is genuinely growing. Early participants can enjoy staking rewards and participate in a wave of infrastructure development.