Privacy and decentralized storage have always been two of the most challenging issues in the blockchain world. Centralized cloud services are extremely expensive, easily censored, and can collapse at any time; DeFi projects claim to protect privacy but often waver between transaction transparency and true privacy.

Today, I want to talk about Walrus Protocol—this project integrates privacy transactions and decentralized storage quite thoroughly.

Walrus is built on the high-performance Sui public chain, with the core mission of providing a secure and private blockchain interaction experience. In simple terms, it’s not just a DeFi platform but a complete decentralized infrastructure. Users can conduct private transactions and have full control over their data and assets.

**How does private transaction work?**

Users can hide sensitive information such as transaction amounts and addresses, making on-chain tracking impossible. Transfers, liquidity provision, executing complex strategies—all can be done with privacy protection. In an era of increasing regulation, this feature is especially critical.

Compared to other projects relying on third-party mixers or complex stacking of zero-knowledge proofs, Walrus’s solution is more native and straightforward. It offers a smoother user experience and lower costs. The protocol also comes with a suite of tools that make it easy for everyone to participate in various dApps, liquidity mining, and yield farming.

In other words, Walrus aims to find a balance between privacy and functionality—not privacy for privacy’s sake, nor sacrificing privacy for convenience. This approach indeed stands out a bit in the current DeFi competition.