Web3 developers have long been troubled by the high costs of small file storage—this issue seems like a technical detail but actually impacts the entire ecosystem's user experience. The Walrus protocol's Quilt batch storage solution appears to provide a comprehensive fix.

The core innovation lies in the aggregation mechanism. Quilt supports packaging up to 660 small files into a single storage unit via native API, eliminating the hassle of manual packaging for developers. More importantly, the cost savings are significant—storing a 10KB file reduces expenses by a factor of 420, and a 100KB file saves 106 times the cost. In other words, this is not just a minor optimization but a magnitude of change.

The advantages are even more apparent in real-world scenarios. NFT metadata, AI chat logs, on-chain event records… these high-frequency small file storage needs are common in on-chain systems. Quilt makes storing this data efficient and economically feasible, while also significantly reducing gas costs under the SUI pricing system.

Existing projects have begun to validate the effectiveness of this solution. Applications like Tusky and Gata have adopted Quilt early on, running continuously in high-traffic scenarios, demonstrating that its stability and cost advantages are not just theoretical but practically usable.

This improvement is highly significant for the entire Web3 application layer—substantially lowering storage costs directly reduces developers' operational burdens and creates conditions for more lightweight applications to emerge.