A while ago, I was overwhelmed by storage issues. Cloud drives either charge exorbitant renewal fees or frequently trigger risk controls. It wasn't until I encountered Walrus Protocol that I understood what a true Web3 storage solution looks like.

This project definitely has some real skills. Less than a year since its mainnet launch, it has already stored 869TB of data—put another way, enough to hold the entire Netflix media library plus some. The system reliably runs 14 million data blocks, which in itself demonstrates the reliability of decentralized storage. Even a16z specifically mentioned this project in their recent 2026 crypto trend report, showing industry recognition.

On a practical level, there are quite a few ways to play. Content creators can package their materials into NFTs for direct on-chain transactions; AI training teams can use the Quilt protocol to aggregate fragmented files, reducing storage costs by 70%; even blockchain game players are using it to store encrypted game state data, fundamentally avoiding the risk of centralized server outages.

Recent activities have also been quite frequent. The exchange is running a creator support program with task reward pools to participate in, and the SDK toolchain is continuously iterating and upgrading. In the storage sector, Walrus has indeed demonstrated several differentiated advantages.