2026-01-20 03:21:18

You might imagine such a comparison: traditional cloud storage is like a series of heavily fortified castles, inaccessible to outsiders, with data completely controlled by the giants. What Walrus is doing is entirely different—it’s like building a "permanent database" for the entire network. Once uploaded, it will never disappear; no one can delete or tamper with it.

Looking back from January 2026, the cloud storage market has already changed. The previous dominance of AWS, Google, and Azure has been completely broken. The reason is simple: AI training requires massive amounts of high-quality data, decentralized applications are exploding, and everyone is starting to truly care about data sovereignty. What was once just a slogan has now become a hard requirement. If Walrus can capture just 10% of the cloud storage market, it means hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in data transfer are happening.

On the technical level, what is Walrus’s secret weapon? The answer is coding technology, specifically erasure coding.

Traditional cloud services are quite crude: store a file, and keep three copies in three different data centers. But Walrus’s approach is smarter. It doesn’t just copy backups; it fragments the data into "micro-shards" with self-healing capabilities. Imagine a file split into a thousand pieces, and as long as three hundred pieces are still alive, the entire file can be automatically reconstructed. This means that even if some storage nodes worldwide go offline simultaneously, it’s not a problem—the remaining fragments are enough to reassemble the data. This ensures extremely high availability while significantly reducing costs.

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IronHeadMiner

· 8h ago

Erasure coding sounds smooth, but the real key is whether it can be implemented successfully in practice.

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FunGibleTom

· 01-20 13:31

The erasure coding trick is indeed brilliant, much smarter than three copies.

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GweiTooHigh

· 01-20 03:49

Erasure coding sounds good, but whether it can outperform big companies in real implementation is the key. Walrus has indeed seized the opportunity, but claiming 10% market share is too optimistic. Never delete, never alter... sounds great, but what if something really goes wrong? The concept of data sovereignty has been hyped for so long, is there finally a product that truly aims to implement it? I feel that this technical approach still depends on whether the ecosystem can truly take off. If erasure coding can really reduce costs, it will indeed shake AWS's dominance. I just want to know how reliable Walrus really is; talking about theory alone is meaningless. In this round of Web3 storage, it seems that success or failure is not determined by technology, but by who can attract funding.

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CrossChainMessenger

· 01-20 03:48

Walrus this wave is indeed fierce, the erasure coding system is much more elegant than traditional triple replication. Stop always praising data sovereignty; real implementation is the key. Can this thing shake AWS's market share? I doubt it. Permanent storage sounds great, even if it can't be deleted, it could still become a devil... The cost advantage of erasure coding really convinced me. A billion-dollar-level transfer might be a bit exaggerated; let's first clarify the technical stability.

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TheMemefather

· 01-20 03:46

The erasure coding system is truly awesome, and the cost is also low... This is the right way to break the oligopoly.

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LayerZeroHero

· 01-20 03:43

Erasure coding is indeed impressive, but can it really challenge AWS? That's a bit doubtful. --- The idea of never deleting and never tampering sounds great, but who will guarantee that nodes won't act maliciously? --- 10% market share? First prove the stability of the technology before bragging. --- Decentralized storage has been hyped like this all along, but where is the large-scale commercial use? --- Being able to recover with just three pieces—what about data repair latency? That's what everyone cares about. --- Honestly, erasure coding costs less than three copies, there's no doubt about that. --- Is data sovereignty really a hard requirement now? What were we talking about before? --- Feels like the same old tune, decentralized storage has been hyped for so many years. --- Self-healing capability sounds amazing, but the actual deployment might be another story.

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AlgoAlchemist

· 01-20 03:25

Erasure coding is indeed a clever trick, but whether it can be truly implemented depends on whether the ecosystem can keep up... --- Never disappearing sounds tempting, but what if something really happens one day? Who will take the blame? --- Breaking the AWS three giants? I think it's mostly talk, not that many companies are really migrating, right? --- A transfer of billions of dollars is already outrageous; let's wait until 2026 before bragging. --- I admit that coding technology is awesome, but is Walrus ready in terms of user experience? --- Data sovereignty changing from a slogan to a hard requirement—you're right, but whether it can be trusted depends on whether the price can be beaten. --- As long as 300 out of 1,000 pieces are alive, it sounds like an incredible fault tolerance. --- Fortress mode vs. permanent database—problem is, I prefer the freedom to delete anytime, isn't that right? --- Lower costs with high availability—feels like there's no such good thing in the world; there must be a catch.

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