Have you ever thought about whether the data we carefully preserve—family albums, work documents, creative works—are truly in our own hands?

What most people don’t realize is that once you rely on a cloud service or application platform, the power to control your data’s life and death is in someone else’s hands. Service providers go bankrupt, policies change, accounts get frozen—these can all cause you to lose everything in an instant.

Recently, I came across the Walrus protocol project and realized there is another way. Its starting point is simple yet powerful: data should belong entirely to the user, not be "rented" by a third-party platform.

From a technical perspective, Walrus employs a sophisticated encoding mechanism. It ensures data security within a distributed network without sacrificing read speed—an inherently difficult balance to achieve in storage.

What’s even more interesting is its architectural design. Application programs and data storage are completely separated, like a book and a bookshelf. You can change the application interface or switch tools at any time, but the core data assets remain intact and can be accessed at any moment. This is true data sovereignty.

Walrus has been deeply integrated into the Sui ecosystem, with its position as a native storage layer already confirmed. This strategic support provides a strong endorsement for the project’s long-term stability.

The ecosystem applications are developing rapidly. Especially in AI and digital creation fields, many innovative projects are leveraging Walrus’s advantages to address user data security and ownership issues. These application scenarios are continuously expanding.

In terms of security, through a combination of distributed node networks and advanced encoding technology, Walrus offers a stronger risk resistance compared to traditional centralized storage.

To put it simply, if you have important data assets that need protection in Web3, Walrus provides a new option—no reliance on any single platform, truly taking control of your digital wealth.