I ran a Walrus storage node for a month and staked 5,000 WAL tokens. The actual APY came in at 22.3%, which is actually higher than the official announcement of 18%.
The rewards structure is quite detailed. Base storage rewards make up the bulk—70% of the proportion, directly tied to the amount of data you store. The remaining 30% is the uptime reward for nodes. I maintained a 99.8% uptime rate and earned an extra 150 WAL tokens as a result, which pretty much demonstrates the value of stability.
However, you need to take hardware configuration seriously. The system has clear performance requirements for nodes—at minimum you need 4 CPU cores and 8GB of RAM. If your configuration doesn't meet the standard, the system will flag you as "insufficient performance" and directly cut your rewards. I've seen people get hit by this.
Currently, the entire ecosystem has just over 121 nodes and is still in a relatively early stage. Entering at this timing would definitely provide more reliable reward stability.
I ran a Walrus storage node for a month and staked 5,000 WAL tokens. The actual APY came in at 22.3%, which is actually higher than the official announcement of 18%.
The rewards structure is quite detailed. Base storage rewards make up the bulk—70% of the proportion, directly tied to the amount of data you store. The remaining 30% is the uptime reward for nodes. I maintained a 99.8% uptime rate and earned an extra 150 WAL tokens as a result, which pretty much demonstrates the value of stability.
However, you need to take hardware configuration seriously. The system has clear performance requirements for nodes—at minimum you need 4 CPU cores and 8GB of RAM. If your configuration doesn't meet the standard, the system will flag you as "insufficient performance" and directly cut your rewards. I've seen people get hit by this.
Currently, the entire ecosystem has just over 121 nodes and is still in a relatively early stage. Entering at this timing would definitely provide more reliable reward stability.