Cross-chain storage has always been a pain point in Web3 infrastructure. The recent performance of the Walrus protocol in the Sui ecosystem is worth paying attention to — it speaks with technology and data.

Speaking of storage efficiency, Walrus's Red Stuff encoding technology is indeed interesting. It only requires 4-5 times replication factor to ensure high availability. How does this compare within the industry? The cost is directly 98% lower, and in some scenarios, it’s even cheaper than traditional cloud services. When benchmarked against centralized solutions, the advantages become clear.

The real killer feature is multi-chain compatibility. Through collaboration with Pyth Network, it accesses real-time price data from over 100 blockchains. What does this mean? NFT projects, social applications, AI companies — regardless of which chain they are on, they can seamlessly use this storage infrastructure. It supports multi-token payments like WAL, USDC, reducing the barriers for cross-chain users. The layered design of "on-chain metadata + off-chain storage" allows Move smart contracts to directly call cross-chain data — covering scenarios from L2 data availability to NFT metadata storage.

Data from the ecosystem also confirms this logic. The $WAL token, as the settlement token, has an average daily consumption of over 450,000 tokens. The initial airdrop has covered 120,000 addresses, with a bug bounty program offering rewards up to $100,000, demonstrating solid security investment. Leading NFT projects like Pudgy Penguins have already settled in, and the cross-chain storage data volume has exceeded 1.11PB — this scale indicates that the market is truly validating this solution.

The landscape of cross-chain storage is indeed being rewritten. From technological innovation to ecosystem deployment, Walrus is becoming a core infrastructure connecting multiple chains.