The competitive landscape of decentralized storage is reshaping. Although Filecoin and Arweave have taken the lead, Walrus, the native protocol on the Sui chain, is accelerating around the bend—thanks to three clear advantages: programmability, storage costs, and user experience.

First, let's talk about programmability. Filecoin primarily supports basic smart contracts through the FVM virtual machine, and interactions between data and on-chain applications are still limited. Walrus is completely different; blob data directly becomes objects on the Sui chain, and developers can build complex interaction logic using the Move language. How much does this help scenarios like DeFi and GameFi? Data processing that previously required multiple conversions can now be integrated directly.

Next, costs. Filecoin's proof-of-replication mechanism results in storage redundancy, naturally driving up costs. Walrus uses RedStuff erasure coding technology, eliminating the need to store data repeatedly. Coupled with the low gas fees of the Sui chain itself, storage costs can be reduced by over 40%. For projects requiring large-scale file storage, this is no small matter.

Finally, user experience. Filecoin's storage and retrieval processes are cumbersome and hard for average users to understand. Walrus simplifies interactions, supporting fast data read and write, lowering the entry barrier. When storage protocols are no longer exclusive to technical personnel, the ecosystem's imagination space opens up.