Imagine your AI models, massive datasets, and training weights scattered across nodes worldwide, all under your complete control — this is what Walrus Protocol is doing.

This decentralized storage project built on the Sui blockchain is specifically optimized for large file storage in the AI era. It uses distributed Blob storage technology to encrypt and shard unstructured data (such as AI training sets, generated videos, model weights), dispersing them across global nodes. This approach ensures high availability while avoiding the single point of failure typical of traditional cloud services.

Unlike centralized solutions like Amazon or Alibaba Cloud, Walrus provides on-chain verified references, making data permanently provable and complete. You don’t need to worry about loss or tampering; upload and use with low costs. Behind this is the WAL token — with a total supply of 5 billion — used to pay fees, incentivize operation nodes, and anchor to real-world currency through a stabilization mechanism. Users holding WAL can enjoy storage discounts and governance rights, participating in community votes to decide new features.

In the current explosion of AI, this system enables developers to easily build data marketplaces, sharing resources without relying on tech giants. Ordinary users can truly become owners of their data, rather than having it arbitrarily accessed by a company.

Walrus’s ambition is clear: to break data monopolies with decentralized storage, allowing everyone to confidently store data on-chain and participate in the Web3 ecosystem. This revolution has just begun.