When I think about how Walrus measures node performance, I don’t see a single oracle or trusted third party making judgment calls. Instead, performance emerges from protocol-defined, verifiable signals.
Nodes are evaluated based on their ability to respond correctly to availability challenges over time. These challenge–response results are cryptographically verifiable and anchored through on-chain commitments on Sui. Rewards and potential penalties are triggered by whether those commitments meet the protocol’s rules, not by subjective scoring.
This makes the system decentralized in a practical sense. No external oracle decides who performed well. The “oracle” is the protocol itself—backed by math, timing constraints, and public verification...
From my perspective, that’s healthier than outsourcing performance judgments to an off-chain authority.
