There's a piece of news worth paying attention to: Unchained, a well-known crypto podcast platform, has recently migrated to Walrus decentralized storage.

At first glance, this might seem like just a technical choice, but its significance goes far beyond that. The true measure of whether a protocol has a future is not how much funding it has raised or which exchanges it is listed on, but whether actual users are using it to solve real problems. Unchained's decision is precisely such a signal.

Podcast platforms have demanding requirements — large media files, frequent access, and high stability demands. Their willingness to switch from traditional cloud services to Walrus indicates that the protocol's performance and cost competitiveness are no longer just theoretical. The key data is: read/write speeds have increased by 70-80%, and storage costs can be reduced by 20-40%. For content creators, this means higher profit margins.

The multiplier effect of this case is very clear. The media industry has long been controlled by platforms — content can be deleted at any time, and monetization capabilities are suppressed. Walrus allows creators to truly own their data sovereignty. After experiencing the benefits, video platforms and text/image platforms will follow suit, and data storage demand will grow rapidly in an explosive manner.

Based on current data, the protocol fees in the past 30 days were only $4,289, with a storage capacity of 110TB, which seems still small. But this precisely indicates that the application is just getting started — the real explosion is still ahead.

WAL is currently priced at $0.158, with a market cap of $250 million. This valuation clearly does not yet reflect the potential of real-world application deployment. Once major content platforms like Unchained complete large-scale migrations, and more creator platforms follow, the market's revaluation of Walrus will be a qualitative leap.