2026-01-16 08:30:21

Web3 storage race heats up, with homogeneity issues becoming increasingly prominent. Against this backdrop, Walrus Protocol leverages the ecological advantages of the Sui blockchain and employs an innovative technical architecture to break through the cost ceiling of traditional decentralized storage.

What is the core innovation of this storage solution designed specifically for large files? It boils down to two words: layering. It divides storage into on-chain and off-chain parts—on-chain handles metadata coordination, data registration, access rules, and staking, while off-chain manages distributed storage. It sounds simple, but combined with erasure coding technology, its power is significant.

How does it work specifically? Files are broken into fragments and stored across different locations. It may sound old-fashioned, but Walrus’s brilliance lies in the significant reduction of the replication factor. A 1MB file encoded generates 30 fragments, and any 20 of them can fully restore the original data. This means high availability can be guaranteed with only 4 to 5 times the replication factor. Compared to Sui mainnet’s traditional 100x replication scheme, storage costs drop by dozens of times.

Filecoin focuses on cold data archiving, while Walrus takes the opposite approach, targeting hot data storage. High-frequency access data like videos and AI datasets can run at blazing speeds here. Moreover, since it is developed based on the Move language, storage resources can be flexibly invoked through smart contracts, giving dApp developers a low-cost storage infrastructure.

Regarding practical applications, well-known blockchain media Decrypt has already taken the lead—using Walrus to store news content and multimedia archives, relying on tamper-proof on-chain storage to build reader trust. This is not just hype but real business validation.

As the mainnet stabilizes and the node network expands, Walrus is pushing decentralized storage from the cold data era into the hot data era. This technological revolution has only just begun.

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FloorPriceNightmare

· 01-16 08:52

Whoa, the cost directly drops dozens of times? That number sounds a bit unbelievable, is it real? Since Decrypt has already jumped on board, it's definitely not just hype. This is getting interesting. Filecoin hasn't really nailed the hot data storage sector, but the Walrus approach is indeed differentiated. Using erasure coding to create 20 fragments for recovery—this technology isn't new, but the way it's applied here really surprised me. Wait, storage developed with Move language? Will dApp developers really use it? I'm still a bit skeptical.

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StealthMoon

· 01-16 08:47

Cost reduced by dozens of times? Sounds like the next VC hype train. Let's wait and see.

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ForkThisDAO

· 01-16 08:32

Wait, Filecoin cold data and Walrus hot data—this division of labor is quite clear. But can the costs really be reduced so drastically? From 100x to 4x replication... that's a bit outrageous.

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