In 2026, the collision between blockchain and AI is deeply rewriting the rules of the digital world. Data has become the most valuable production factor, bringing along new issues—traditional centralized storage is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. The costs are staggering, privacy is at constant risk of leakage, single points of failure can cause instant collapse, and censorship can be arbitrary. Many Web3 projects have failed at the hurdle of scaling. It wasn't until Walrus appeared that a real breath of fresh air was blown in.

Walrus is a native distributed storage network for Sui. Its core logic is not complicated but very ingenious. Large files are split into multiple blobs, then dispersed across decentralized nodes worldwide through erasure coding technology. The impressive part is—even if one-third of the nodes in the network go offline, data can still be restored 100%. This redundant architecture not only offers exceptional durability but also reduces storage costs to a fraction of traditional cloud services. More importantly, it is inherently censorship-resistant; data does not rely on any centralized institution, nodes are operated autonomously by the community, and users truly hold the private keys and sovereignty. In an era of increasing regulatory complexity, this becomes a fortress of privacy.

On the privacy interaction layer, Walrus also has strong capabilities. End-to-end encryption ensures full protection; the blobs after sharding only exist on nodes, and a single node cannot decode the complete content. This means user data truly belongs to the user, with no one able to peek. For projects that are obsessed with data security, Walrus is not optional but essential. From infrastructure to practical applications, it is building an open ecosystem where data flows freely and remains permanently secure.