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In 26 years, the AI era has truly exploded, and data has become the most valuable asset, but traditional centralized cloud storage (AWS, Google Cloud) is increasingly exposing issues: high costs, censorship risks, loss of data sovereignty, and frequent privacy breaches. The @walrusprotocol of the Sui ecosystem has emerged to address these pain points!

Walrus is a decentralized storage protocol created by Mysten Labs, designed for large files (blobs) such as videos, images, AI training datasets, NFT metadata, corporate backups, and more. It utilizes advanced erasure coding technology + distributed node storage, with data intelligently split into fragments, allowing for 100% recovery even if some nodes fail or are malicious, resistant to censorship and single points of failure, and more efficient and cheaper than Filecoin/Arweave (reportedly storage costs can be as low as 1/100 of traditional solutions).

@Dusk As a privacy-first Layer-1 blockchain project, it officially entered a phase of explosive growth in 2026. After the mainnet went live in early 2025 and a year of stable operation and ecological iteration, Dusk Network has now become the core infrastructure in the field of compliant RWA (real-world asset) tokenization. Its uniqueness lies in the design of 'auditable privacy': through zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-Proofs) and the Phoenix transaction model, it achieves complete confidentiality of transaction amounts, holdings, and participant identities from the public, while providing regulatory authorities with selective disclosure channels to ensure compliance with stringent requirements such as the EU's MiCA, MiFID II, and DLT pilot framework. This allows traditional financial institutions to securely issue, trade, and settle security tokens on-chain without worrying about privacy breaches or compliance risks.

In the year 2026, when AI and blockchain are rapidly merging, @vanar is undoubtedly the most dazzling presence in this revolution. As the world's first Layer 1 blockchain deeply embedded with AI from the ground up, Vanar Chain is no longer simply 'plugging' AI onto the chain; instead, it enables every transaction and every dApp to possess 'intelligent thinking' capabilities from an architectural level.
The core of Vanar lies in its 5-layer AI native stack: the basic modular L1 provides EVM compatibility, high throughput, and a fixed Gas fee as low as $0.0005; the Neutron semantic memory layer utilizes AI compression technology to convert vast amounts of real-world data into queryable 'seeds', completely bidding farewell to traditional cloud storage dependence; the Kayon decentralized reasoning engine supports natural language interaction, context understanding, and on-chain automated decision-making, allowing smart contracts to truly come 'alive'.

In the data explosion of 2026, the pain points of centralized cloud storage are becoming increasingly obvious: high costs, censorship risks, loss of data ownership... and @walrusprotocol is providing the perfect answer! As a decentralized storage and data availability protocol incubated by Mysten Labs (Sui team), Walrus is built on the high-performance Sui blockchain, specializing in large file storage—videos, images, AI datasets, NFT media, and even the entire blockchain history can be securely distributed and stored with a very low replication factor (only 4-5x).
The core technological highlight lies in its innovative Red Stuff erasure coding algorithm: it splits files into fragments scattered across hundreds or thousands of storage nodes. Even if two-thirds of the fragments are lost, the original data can be quickly reconstructed, far surpassing the inefficiency of traditional full replication. At the same time, Walrus tokenizes storage capacity into Sui objects, which can be directly programmed, traded, and version-controlled in Move smart contracts, transforming storage from a passive resource into a composable, monetizable asset. This means developers can easily build 'programmable storage' dApps: NFT-supported TB-level variable media, AI agents accessing on-chain datasets in real time, DeFi integrating real-world data streams... The cross-chain friendly design further allows Ethereum and Solana developers to seamlessly integrate, breaking liquidity islands.

In the world of encryption, privacy and compliance often seem as difficult to achieve together as fish and bear's paw, but @dusk_foundation has proven through action that the two can thrive together! As a Dutch project established in 2018, the Dusk Foundation has created the Dusk Network, a Layer 1 public blockchain specifically tailored for regulated financial markets. Its greatest highlight lies in the deep integration of zero-knowledge proof (ZK) technology and compliance frameworks, allowing institutions to issue, trade, and settle real-world assets (RWA) on-chain without disclosing sensitive data.