Traditional cloud storage services have obvious issues. Privacy leaks, opaque costs, poor service stability—these are long-standing pain points for users. Walrus Protocol, a decentralized storage network built on the Sui blockchain, is redefining this space in a new way.
Its core innovation is Blob storage technology. Large files are intelligently split, encrypted, and stored across global nodes. AI training datasets, generative media, model weights—these large-capacity files are securely protected. With each upload, users receive a permanently verifiable on-chain reference, while enjoying high availability and extremely low costs. No matter how the market fluctuates, your storage experience remains stable and predictable.
The WAL token is the incentive hub of the entire ecosystem. It pays for storage and retrieval fees, and incentivizes global nodes to contribute resources. More importantly, WAL employs a stability mechanism design that anchors actual costs to real-world currency, avoiding the impact of crypto market volatility on storage fees.
With a total supply of 5 billion WAL tokens, holders also gain dual benefits: first, participating in protocol governance and voting on new feature directions; second, enjoying storage discounts and sharing the benefits of network growth.
In today’s era of explosive AI applications, data storage demands are rapidly increasing. Walrus Protocol offers a decentralized, verifiable, and cost-transparent solution, allowing developers and users to confidently entrust their storage needs to the on-chain network. This is not just a simple technological upgrade, but a fundamental shift in storage paradigms.
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0xLuckbox
· 01-10 08:58
Oops, finally someone has uncovered the pit of cloud storage. The traditional approach is really too unreliable.
I'm a bit interested in WAL's stability mechanism design, so I don't have to watch the coin price fluctuate and get liquidated every day.
But with a total supply of 5 billion tokens... it depends on how the subsequent tokenomics are designed; hopefully it won't turn into an inflation black hole.
The idea of distributing Blob storage across global nodes is indeed feasible, but I wonder how decentralized it actually is.
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GateUser-9f682d4c
· 01-08 19:53
It looks like Sui is up to something again... Blob storage technology sounds new, but can it really be that much cheaper than centralized services? We need to see the actual gas fees, brother.
The WAL token design is pretty good, and the stability mechanism really solves an old problem. I just wonder how the node distribution is—will it be dominated by a few big players again?
If you ask me, the storage track is getting a bit crowded... Arweave has been around for so long, can this stand out with differentiation?
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Blockchainiac
· 01-08 19:52
The stablecoin mechanism is very crucial, and finally a project has come up with an idea to avoid volatility.
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BTCBeliefStation
· 01-08 19:44
The stability fee mechanism is really amazing; finally, there's no need to worry about gas fees skyrocketing.
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PerennialLeek
· 01-08 19:41
The stable fee aspect really hits the pain point, better than being gouged by cloud providers.
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AirdropBlackHole
· 01-08 19:30
Wait, can the Blob storage splitting method really handle large-scale AI data? It sounds very promising.
500 million WAL supply... feels a bit excessive. Could it be another tactic to cut leeks?
The stability mechanism design sounds good, but in the crypto market, who would trust that?
I just want to know if it's worth entering WAL now, I'll wait and see.
By the way, can the storage narrative in the Sui ecosystem go viral? It seems like hot topics are coming one after another.
With so many issues in cloud storage before, why didn't decentralized solutions appear earlier?
Basically, it's betting that the demand for AI data will really explode.
The governance weight is interesting, but do retail investors have a say?
Are the node operation costs high? This hasn't been clarified.
Traditional cloud storage services have obvious issues. Privacy leaks, opaque costs, poor service stability—these are long-standing pain points for users. Walrus Protocol, a decentralized storage network built on the Sui blockchain, is redefining this space in a new way.
Its core innovation is Blob storage technology. Large files are intelligently split, encrypted, and stored across global nodes. AI training datasets, generative media, model weights—these large-capacity files are securely protected. With each upload, users receive a permanently verifiable on-chain reference, while enjoying high availability and extremely low costs. No matter how the market fluctuates, your storage experience remains stable and predictable.
The WAL token is the incentive hub of the entire ecosystem. It pays for storage and retrieval fees, and incentivizes global nodes to contribute resources. More importantly, WAL employs a stability mechanism design that anchors actual costs to real-world currency, avoiding the impact of crypto market volatility on storage fees.
With a total supply of 5 billion WAL tokens, holders also gain dual benefits: first, participating in protocol governance and voting on new feature directions; second, enjoying storage discounts and sharing the benefits of network growth.
In today’s era of explosive AI applications, data storage demands are rapidly increasing. Walrus Protocol offers a decentralized, verifiable, and cost-transparent solution, allowing developers and users to confidently entrust their storage needs to the on-chain network. This is not just a simple technological upgrade, but a fundamental shift in storage paradigms.