(Effective April 1, 2025) The emergence of Walrus Protocol has redefined people's imagination of decentralized storage. This is not just another storage solution, but a key component of Web3 infrastructure—some compare it to the AWS or Alibaba Cloud of the blockchain world.

What makes Walrus so special? It is developed by Mysten Labs, the team behind Sui. Compared to established competitors like Filecoin and Arweave, Walrus employs a completely different logic.

The most fundamental difference lies in its data dispersal storage mechanism. Traditional solutions require querying multiple nodes to fully recover data, whereas Walrus cleverly disperses data across network nodes through algorithms, allowing complete reconstruction with data from only some nodes—this directly reduces query costs and storage burdens. When failures occur, data remains secure and accessible, significantly enhancing the system's fault tolerance.

What does this mean? Costs are significantly reduced. Compared to Arweave and Filecoin's storage fees, Walrus can maintain ultra-high recovery capabilities while keeping costs lower. For developers and users, this is the real appeal.

The token economics and staking system of Walrus Protocol are also worth a deep dive—these are crucial to the long-term operation of the entire ecosystem and the incentive mechanisms for participants.