Web3 application expansion brings a core bottleneck: how to efficiently and securely store massive amounts of data? Walrus, as a distributed storage protocol in the Sui ecosystem, offers a systematic solution.

Its core mechanism is to encode data and disperse it across multiple nodes, which not only improves availability but also enhances fault tolerance—ensuring data integrity even if some nodes go offline. More importantly, Walrus can seamlessly integrate with smart contracts, making data management programmable and automated.

In practical applications, NFT projects use it to store metadata and art assets, blockchain games utilize it to handle game resources and player data, and AI research teams leverage it to manage training datasets. These scenarios all require storage infrastructure that offers high capacity, low latency, and high reliability.

The WAL token plays a key role in the economic layer—users pay storage fees with tokens, node operators earn rewards through staking and validation, and community members participate in governance decisions. This multi-dimensional economic design provides the storage network with the motivation for self-sustenance and expansion.