Regular customers at the café have all seen this scene: an old guy always opens three devices at the same time—an old laptop, a tablet, and a phone, with screens lit up simultaneously, fingers constantly switching between different apps.

He is an independent music producer, and his frustration couldn't be more specific—creativity doesn't follow logic. Chord progressions are locked inside a private space of a mobile music app, key lyrics are stored in a document app on the tablet, and voice notes for arrangements are saved in the cloud of his laptop. Data is fragmented, like being trapped on isolated islands. To move a guitar snippet from his phone to his computer for editing, the process is export—send—import, and the heat of inspiration has long dissipated in this cumbersome routine.

One afternoon, while he was freaking out over syncing audio samples, a quiet customer at the next table pushed over a note. It had a simple walrus drawing and a URL below. "Try Walrus Protocol, maybe it can help your 'fragments' automatically come together."

He was skeptical. This wasn't just another music app, but a foundational protocol—a set of communication standards between different applications. Following the instructions to connect all his tools, something magical happened: when he edited lyrics on the tablet, the duration in his mobile music app automatically updated; when he adjusted the arrangement on his computer, all project timelines across platforms instantly synchronized.

He suddenly understood. Walrus isn't about creating a bigger "container" to hold everything. It's about building bridges between applications, enabling data to flow across platforms. In the logic of Web3, this is interoperability—no longer relying on a centralized platform, but ensuring seamless connection between different systems through underlying protocols.

From then on, his workflow became transparent. Creative fragments are no longer isolated data islands but modular pieces that can be freely combined. This is liberating for music production and inspiring for the entire creative industry—when protocols, rather than platforms, become the core, users truly own their data.