The Sui ecosystem has recently welcomed an interesting new player—Walrus Protocol. Its approach is completely different from traditional storage solutions like Arweave.

Ordinary storage is just storing data; once the data is on the chain, it's done. But Walrus is different; it upgrades the storage layer into a programmable data infrastructure. What does that mean? After storing your NFTs, game assets, and other items, smart contracts can directly call and manage them. Data is no longer static; it can actively participate in on-chain business logic.

On the technical level, Walrus uses the Red-Stuff encoding scheme to improve storage efficiency, offering significant cost advantages. This is crucial for establishing the $WAL token's core position in Sui's full-stack infrastructure. From the collaboration case with Onefootball, every step of the mainnet rollout is validating the feasibility of this solution.

What do you think about the direction of programmable storage? Have you considered how it might change the current ecosystem landscape? Share your thoughts.