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Article Title: The WAL Revolution: Why Walrus is the Foundation for a Data-Heavy Web3
The Web3 industry is reaching a critical realization: decentralisation is incomplete without decentralised data storage. While blockchains like Sui excel at transaction finality, they are not designed to store gigabytes of unstructured data like 4K videos, massive AI datasets, or complex gaming assets. This is the massive infrastructure gap that  is built to fill.
1. The Secret Weapon: RedStuff Encoding
At the heart of the Walrus Protocol is a proprietary technology called RedStuff, a two-dimensional erasure-coding scheme. Unlike traditional storage that makes multiple full copies of a file—which is expensive and slow—RedStuff breaks data into fragments and distributes them across a global network of nodes. This allows for incredible resilience: a file can be fully reconstructed even if up to two-thirds of the nodes in the network go offline.
2. $WAL : More Than Just a Token
The native token, $WAL
, serves as the economic backbone of this ecosystem. It has three primary pillars of utility:
Storage Payments: Users pay for storage duration upfront in $WAL , which is then streamed as rewards to providers.Network Security: Node operators must stake $WAL to participate, and users can delegate their tokens to earn passive rewards while securing the network.Governance: $WAL holders have a direct say in protocol parameters, such as storage pricing and slashing penalties.
3. Real-World Utility & AI Integration
Walrus isn't just a "parking lot" for data; it is programmable storage. Deep integration with Sui Move smart contracts allows developers to create dynamic NFTs that evolve, or AI agents that can securely access and update their "memory" stored as on-chain blobs.
By reducing storage costs by up to 100x compared to older decentralised solutions, Walrus is positioning itself to be the "decentralised AWS" for the next generation of builders.
As the mainnet matures, the demand for scalable, verifiable data will only grow. For anyone looking at the future of #DePIN and infrastructure, keeping an eye on WAL and the progress of #Walrus  is a must.

The $WAL Revolution: Why Walrus is the Foundation for a Data-Heavy Web3
The Web3 industry is reaching a critical realization: decentralisation is incomplete without decentralised data storage. While blockchains like Sui excel at transaction finality, they are not designed to store gigabytes of unstructured data like 4K videos, massive AI datasets, or complex gaming assets. This is the massive infrastructure gap that @walrusprotocol is built to fill.
1. The Secret Weapon: RedStuff Encoding
At the heart of the Walrus Protocol is a proprietary technology called RedStuff, a two-dimensional erasure-coding scheme. Unlike traditional storage that makes multiple full copies of a file—which is expensive and slow—RedStuff breaks data into fragments and distributes them across a global network of nodes. This allows for incredible resilience: a file can be fully reconstructed even if up to two-thirds of the nodes in the network go offline.
2. $WAL: More Than Just a Token
The native token, $WAL, serves as the economic backbone of this ecosystem. It has three primary pillars of utility:
Storage Payments: Users pay for storage duration upfront in $WAL, which is then streamed as rewards to providers.Network Security: Node operators must stake $WAL to participate, and users can delegate their tokens to earn passive rewards while securing the network.Governance: $WAL holders have a direct say in protocol parameters, such as storage pricing and slashing penalties.
3. Real-World Utility & AI Integration
Walrus isn't just a "parking lot" for data; it is programmable storage. Deep integration with Sui Move smart contracts allows developers to create dynamic NFTs that evolve, or AI agents that can securely access and update their "memory" stored as on-chain blobs.
By reducing storage costs by up to 100x compared to older decentralised solutions, Walrus is positioning itself to be the "decentralised AWS" for the next generation of builders.
As the mainnet matures, the demand for scalable, verifiable data will only grow. For anyone looking at the future of #DePIN and infrastructure, keeping an eye on $WAL and the progress of #Walrus is a must.

#Tethereum: #Tethereum-T99
Viewership of crypto content on YouTube has declined to its lowest level since January 2021 following a sharp retreat over the past three months.
On Sunday, ITC Crypto founder Benjamin Cowen shared a 30-day moving average of views across various crypto YouTube channels, highlighting the drop. 
“So it’s not just X and an algorithm change,” he said regarding a similar fall in engagement across crypto channels on microblogging platform X.
It has “collapsed across all platforms, and has had a noticeable local decline since just October,” commented crypto YouTuber Tom Crown. 
“In reality, it’s been in a ‘bear market’ since 2021, having never reached even near those highs.”
“This is literally bear market levels of social interest,” said Bitcoin investor “Polaris XBT.” 
The trend also reinforces the premise that institutions have been driving markets this cycle, with retail taking a back seat. 
Crypto YouTube viewers are in decline. Source: Benjamin Cowen
Retail is exhausted by pump and dump schemes
YouTube content creator Jesus Martinez echoed the sentiment, saying that he grew his channel from the start of 2022, adding, “I’ve experienced some intense peaks, but nothing ever came close to the few videos I created in the peak of 2021.”
TikTok content creator “Cloud9 Markets” said it could also be due to all the scams and pump and dump schemes for “ponzi” altcoins. “Retail is tired of getting rekt,” they added. 
Related: X to roll out 'Smart Cashtags' for crypto, stocks next month  
“They’ve likely pivoted into precious metals/macro. People want returns, not stories of when returns could come,” observed Cointelegraph’s head of social media, Marc Shawn Brown. 
“2025 was hard. -7% return for BTC and palladium, rhodium, cobalt, silver, and gold all outperformed,” he said. 
Social sentiment is stabilizing
It is not all bad news, however. Social sentiment towards Bitcoin $BTC
 “is clearly getting more and more positive, not that the bleeding has at least shown mild signs of reversing,” said on-chain analytics platform Santiment on Friday.
It added that the $90,000 level is going to be crucial for retailers to stay positive. 
Meanwhile, social sentiment towards Ethereum 
$ETH
“appears to be scattered, and not showing any consistent trends as of now,” it added.