Walrus is a new kind of internet project that lets people and developers store big files in a way that does not depend on one company or server but spreads pieces of the data across many computers in a network which makes it safer and harder to lose or censor the files and this system is built on a blockchain called Sui where smart programs help manage and prove that data is really there and available whenever it is needed which is a big change from old cloud storage services and it is especially useful for things like large videos pictures and data used by artificial intelligence tools and web3 apps because it can handle these big files cheaply and reliably compared to many older systems and that is why many developers are excited about Walrus and its real world uses and opportunities for new kinds of websites and services to run on a decentralized network instead of a central boss controlling everything
The project has its own token called WAL which people use to pay for storing data to reward the computers that help keep the system running and to vote on how the whole network should change in the future so people who hold WAL can help decide important choices and also earn more tokens for helping with the network and the total number of WAL tokens is fixed so that not too many can be created which helps keep value steady
The team behind Walrus worked with experienced blockchain builders and raised money before launching its mainnet in 2025 which made the network live for real use and since then it has grown with more developers building tools and users storing data and the Walrus system continues to improve with flexible ways for programmers to connect to it using different software tools and traditional web interfaces while still keeping everything decentralized which many see as a strong point for future digital storage needs
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Walrus is a new kind of internet project that lets people and developers store big files in a way that does not depend on one company or server but spreads pieces of the data across many computers in a network which makes it safer and harder to lose or censor the files and this system is built on a blockchain called Sui where smart programs help manage and prove that data is really there and available whenever it is needed which is a big change from old cloud storage services and it is especially useful for things like large videos pictures and data used by artificial intelligence tools and web3 apps because it can handle these big files cheaply and reliably compared to many older systems and that is why many developers are excited about Walrus and its real world uses and opportunities for new kinds of websites and services to run on a decentralized network instead of a central boss controlling everything
The project has its own token called WAL which people use to pay for storing data to reward the computers that help keep the system running and to vote on how the whole network should change in the future so people who hold WAL can help decide important choices and also earn more tokens for helping with the network and the total number of WAL tokens is fixed so that not too many can be created which helps keep value steady
The team behind Walrus worked with experienced blockchain builders and raised money before launching its mainnet in 2025 which made the network live for real use and since then it has grown with more developers building tools and users storing data and the Walrus system continues to improve with flexible ways for programmers to connect to it using different software tools and traditional web interfaces while still keeping everything decentralized which many see as a strong point for future digital storage needs
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