Have you ever thought that Web3 over the years has actually been playing a restricted game.

It positions itself as an "asset system"—accounting, settlement, rule execution—all of which it does well. But this also means it maintains a certain detachment from the data itself. It was acceptable in the early days of financial experimentation, but now as applications need to expand outward, this approach starts to stall.

In reality, how do most apps operate? Not around assets, but around data. User behavior data, system status, content, interaction records—these are the true determinants of the experience. When you use TikTok or WeChat, you're playing a data game, not an asset game.

If Web3 wants to move in this direction, it must acknowledge a fact: data is not an accessory; it is the core of the system.

This is what Walrus Protocol aims to do. It’s not just about filling a storage gap, but about pulling data from the periphery back into the center of design. In this way, the chain becomes a true coordination hub—data, logic, and value all circulate here.

The problem then arises. When data becomes part of the system, a question must be answered: who is responsible for the data’s availability? Who ensures the data’s integrity? Who pays to keep the data long-term? These are tasks traditionally handled by big companies in Web2, but in Web3, they must be rethought and re-priced.

Walrus’s approach is not to copy Web2’s model, but to find a new market-acceptable pattern within a decentralized framework. This is a completely different direction.