After going through market fluctuations and sedimentation, I am increasingly inclined to focus on projects that are truly doing things. Walrus is such an entity — it plays the role of storage infrastructure within the Sui ecosystem, which is much more interesting than chasing hot trends.

The blockchain's ability to process transactions is unquestionable, but large file storage has always been a hurdle. Walrus addresses this pain point with sharding encoding technology, providing low-cost, highly reliable decentralized storage. This is a truly practical solution.

What’s particularly impressive is its "programmable storage" design. Traditional storage is just a cold storage, where data is put in and done. Walrus is different; the stored data can directly interact with smart contracts on Sui, opening up new possibilities for Web3 applications.

Sui’s official support provides deep strategic backing. This native integration means a more secure technological direction and a more solid foundation than later entrants. From this perspective, it’s not an imported competitor but an ecosystem-born project.

The application scenarios are broad — NFT metadata storage, AI model data, game assets, and various items requiring permanent storage are all potential users. This isn’t a niche application; it has ecosystem breadth.

On the security front, decentralized encoding redundancy ensures resistance to censorship and high availability of data. Even if several nodes go offline, the integrity of the entire network’s data remains unaffected.

The tokenomics design is also quite thoughtful. Nodes must stake tokens to participate in validation and provide storage services, and ecosystem usage also consumes tokens. This creates a healthy supply and demand cycle — not a pump-and-dump approach just for issuing tokens.

The community discussion atmosphere is very pragmatic; everyone talks about technical iterations, ecosystem cooperation, and other hardcore topics, without any irrational hype. This ecosystem culture led by builders itself is a source of long-term project competitiveness.

Walrus’s chosen path is very clear — no rush for quick gains, focusing on solidifying the Web3 storage layer infrastructure. I am optimistic about projects like this.