Are you also troubled by this kind of frustrating experience—buying a small token on a decentralized exchange, only to be bombarded with marketing, having your transaction mysteriously front-run, and ending up paying extra fees? This is the Achilles' heel of traditional DeFi. Transparency should be a selling point of blockchain, but it has gradually turned into a black hole of privacy and a channel for being exploited. The emergence of Walrus Protocol is breaking this deadlock—it aims to make DeFi transactions safe and controllable, transforming them from "completely naked" to secure.

Let's first discuss where the core issue lies. Blockchain ledgers are public, which is true, but the problem stems from this "publicness." Every transaction—who initiated it, how much was transferred, to whom it was sent—is all clearly stored on the chain. Someone monitoring your wallet address can reverse-engineer your asset size, transaction rhythm, and even predict your next move. Even more painfully, some bots specifically listen to this public data and front-run your transactions, a practice often called "MEV arbitrage." Ordinary investors are thus unknowingly exploited again and again.

What is Walrus's solution? Simply put, it adds a layer of "encryption shell" to this transparent ledger. It uses advanced encryption technology to encrypt transaction details, so only the involved parties can decrypt and see the content. The entire network can verify whether the transaction is valid but cannot see the specific information. To give an analogy, it's like sending an encrypted email— the post office knows you're mailing something but cannot see what’s written inside, making it impossible to exploit.

Most importantly, Walrus not only thoroughly preserves privacy but also guarantees the authenticity and immutability of transactions. This means privacy and security can coexist—you don't have to sacrifice transaction credibility for privacy. For users worried about large transactions being exposed or being "sniped," this is a real lifesaver. What should the future of DeFi look like? Perhaps like this—retaining the freedom of decentralization while not having to worry about privacy being compromised.