Walrus has recently attracted a lot of attention, but many people still haven't truly understood its value. To be honest, it's far more than just a decentralized storage protocol.

Mysten Labs' overall layout is very clear: the Sui network handles execution and consensus, storage is managed by Walrus, and communication is carried by SCION (a next-generation internet infrastructure). The trifecta, if all can be successfully implemented, could completely change the existing architecture of Web3. Among them, Walrus holds a special position—it is not bound to the Sui ecosystem, any chain can connect, and it even has the potential to compete for market share with other data availability layers (such as Celestia, EigenDA, Avail, and those solutions).

From a technical planning perspective, the team's next moves are very interesting. Cross-chain data mirroring functionality is underway, the integration of zero-knowledge proofs will enhance privacy features, and the concept of storage derivatives markets opens up new trading dimensions—users can trade Futures of storage space, which gives the market more room for imagination.

Looking at the market level, the massive data storage demand driven by the explosive growth of AI and Web3 applications is real. Walrus's performance in cost-effectiveness, programmability, and compliance makes it competitive in the decentralized storage track. Institutions are starting to pay attention (Grayscale has already included it in observation), and the process of going public on exchanges is accelerating. All these factors provide solid support for Walrus's long-term prospects.