Walrus Protocol mainnet launch has been approaching a year, and as an explorer in the decentralized storage sector, performance during this period directly impacts the project's long-term sustainability. From an ecosystem perspective, construction progress has been quite solid.

Currently, over 170 projects have been built on the Walrus infrastructure, covering multiple tracks including Web3 identity verification, data analytics, AI applications, and media storage. Among them, Humanity Protocol's decentralized identity layer provides users with reliable identity verification; data intelligence platform Arkham leverages Walrus's storage capabilities to improve its own data processing workflows; Akord has attracted over 120,000 users to migrate for document and media storage needs. The launch of these applications demonstrates that Walrus's technical solution can indeed solve real-world problems.

There's also activity on the developer side. The "Breaking the Ice" hackathon had over 200 participating developers, producing projects with imaginative potential such as DriftBottle (decentralized messaging tool) and SuiPet (on-chain digital pets). This indicates the ecosystem still has appeal to developers. The project team's sponsorship policies continue to drive forward, providing momentum support for ecosystem expansion.