Walrus timeline
Dive into the Walrus timeline: explore key milestones, breakthroughs, and innovations driving this protocol. Stay updated on the protocol’s journey and progress.
Hi, I’m Tusky. Your go-to decentralized storage solution with end-to-end encryption and seamless integration with the Walrus Protocol.
Tusky is a complete platform for controlling your data: app, API, SDK, CLI and CDN.
With these tools you can:
- Rescue your files from Google Drive and Dropbox, and make them assets on Tusky.
- Share private, end-to-end encrypted data with magic links for viewing or uploading (set permissions and allocate storage).
- View your assets in a media gallery.
- Mint NFTs on Sui (coming soon)
- Token-gate access to private vaults (coming 2025)
- Integrate a complete file system with the above features in your own apps.

Built for the Walrus community, this timeline is your one-stop guide for everything happening in the ecosystem.
So sit back, scroll on, and enjoy tracking the progress of Walrus—you’ll never miss a beat. And hey, if you’d like to stay in the loop, subscribe below to be notified when we update it next!
November 2023
November 10
Walrus was first hinted at a while before it was announced 😉
Something revolutionary is swimming towards @SuiNetwork, haha you should see @EmanAbio's face! pic.twitter.com/HMcl12z0MI
— Kostas Kryptos (@kostascrypto) November 9, 2023
June 2024
June 18
Mysten Labs officially reveals Walrus in Developer Preview!
Today we @Mysten_Labs are unveiling a developer preview of Walrus, a decentralised store and dapp platform: https://t.co/a8CySnzBZY.
— George Danezis (@GDanezis) June 18, 2024
With Walrus you can store, read, and certify the availability of large blobs (many MiBs) on a network of distributed storage nodes. This allows…
August 2024
August 13
Walrus joins X, ready to take over with its memes!

August 14
Walrus breaks the ice with its first hackathon! An opportunity for developers to build, innovate, and showcase their skills on Walrus, with prizes and community recognition up for grabs.
September 2024
September 17
At Sui Builder House: Walrus makes big waves with some major announcements.
- The Walrus Whitepaper is here, introducing the WAL token and Walrus’s mission to lead decentralized storage with scalable, cost-effective solutions. You can find it stored on Walrus 😉
- Decrypt announces it will store its entire content library on Walrus, highlighting the platform’s potential as a leading solution for decentralized media storage.
We use Web3 to cover Web3.
Ilan Hazan, Decrypt CPO and Co-founder
- Janet Wu, Director of Product Platform at Mysten Labs, highlights the pivotal role of decentralized storage in shaping the future of the internet during her talk at Sui Builder House Singapore.
October 2024
October 4
Walrus announces the winners of its first hackathon, Breaking the Ice! Nearly 300 developers participated over the past two months,and today, the top 10 prize-winning projects are revealed.
October 17
Walrus Testnet is now live! Featuring deletable blob support, a Walrus explorer, and a staking app by Mysten Labs. The Testnet rolls out a complete WAL tokenomics ecosystem with staking, rewards, and a developer faucet.
October 17
Tusky announces its move to Walrus!

October 21
Walrus introduces new quests on Galxe, designed to engage users with its ecosystem and provide insights into the project’s journey toward Mainnet.
October 21
Walrus announces the winners of its track at the ETHGlobal hackathon! Congratulations to Bucket.Foundation, dTunes, StreamChain, Aloria, and SmartSign for their standout projects built on Walrus.
October 22
Tusky (formerly Akord) demonstrates the ease of uploading multiple files to Walrus using their app, showcasing seamless integration with Walrus’s decentralized storage.
— Walrus (@WalrusProtocol) October 22, 2024
October 22
Walrus unveils SnowReads, a curated collection of scientific papers spanning economics, computer science, physics, and more. Powered entirely by Walrus, SnowReads demonstrates Walrus’s ability to deliver efficient and reliable storage for archival applications.

October 22
Walrus announces Buidly as the winner of their track at the ETHSofia hackathon! Buidly built a decentralized oracle network using Walrus for tamper-proof data storage.
1/ We’re proud to announce that we were among the winners of both the open track and @WalrusProtocol track at @ETHSofiaBG hackathon
— buidly (@buidly_) October 22, 2024
Big shoutout to @4ptOLabs for all their hard work and to the #ETHSofia team for organizing such an awesome event in Bulgaria 🇧🇬
Awesome… pic.twitter.com/xtrnCCekXs
October 29
Walrus hosts their first X space with Tusky (formerly Akord).
Join us on Thursday for our first X Space where we'll be talking with @AkordApp about the benefits of decentralized file storage and why they're moving their entire infrastructure from Arweave to Walrus 😎
— Walrus (@WalrusProtocol) October 28, 2024
📅 October 31
🕚 11am PT
⏰Set your reminder!https://t.co/fLPFx7q12r
November 2024
November 12
FourPillars publishes a detailed write-up on why Mysten Labs created Walrus. We’d definitely recommend giving it a read!
Thorough write-up of why Walrus is set to be the next big thing in decentralized data storage. 👇 https://t.co/jSRBwBknHv
— Walrus (@WalrusProtocol) November 12, 2024
November 19
The Tusky app goes live, offering decentralized storage on Walrus with end-to-end encryption. Early adopters can subscribe and enjoy a 50% discount for 6 months with code TEAMTUSKY50
December 2024
December 2
Dear Devs,
Looking for the best dev tools to build on Walrus Protocol?
Look no further as Tusky releases it's API docs 👇
📢 Calling all @WalrusProtocol builders!
— Tusky (@TuskyTools) December 2, 2024
Tusky API docs are here: https://t.co/OeZgOMYF4K
With Tusky API you can:
▶️ leverage a complete file management system
▶️ be optimized for speed with chunked uploads
▶️ use end-to-end encryption with user-owned keys
▶️ automatically… pic.twitter.com/qFrJwjobzV
December 6
Walrus partners with Creditcoin, Spacecoin, and Sui to bring decentralized solutions to underserved regions.
💥 Big news – a new partnership between @Creditcoin, @_Spacecoin, @SuiNetwork, and Walrus will help enable access to TradFi services in traditionally underserved areas and connect remote regions to high-speed internet – all via blockchain. 🌍 pic.twitter.com/0JLyhKfNbe
— Walrus (@WalrusProtocol) December 6, 2024
December 9
Kostas teases a SEAL-iously cool new project on Walrus!
Cute encryption project soon in Walrus, SuiNS and Sui 😍 pic.twitter.com/UDfOxLE6RI
— Kostas Kryptos (@kostascrypto) December 9, 2024
December 10
Walrus opens applications for node operators!
Ready to power decentralized storage? Check out the specs below.
Apply to be a node operator for Walrus now!
— Walrus (@WalrusProtocol) December 10, 2024
Submit your app by 11:59pm PT on Friday, December 13.
Minimum storage requirements are:
➡️ CPU: 16-24 cores
➡️ Memory: 100 GB
➡️ Disk/Storage: 52 TB
➡️ Network Bandwidth per Month: ~5 TBhttps://t.co/AB8U6jX4WQ
December 12
Atoma launches private, decentralized AI on Sui, leveraging Walrus for secure data storage!
Now live on Mainnet, Atoma enables fully private AI processing using Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) while maintaining the speed and efficiency of centralized models. The team also demoed "Utopia," an AI chat app showcasing Atoma’s capabilities.
December 18
Arkham partners with Sui to bring its blockchain analytics platform to millions of Sui users! The integration will enhance Arkham’s features with Sui data, including entity/address pages, dashboards, real-time alerts, and more. Arkham is also exploring Walrus for decentralized data storage, further strengthening its capabilities on Sui.
January 2024
January 7
Walrus is stepping up its game with SEAL, a new project designed to change how on-chain data is shared and protected.
For the next-gen Web3 apps, just storing data on-chain isn’t enough.
— Adeniyi.sui (@EmanAbio) January 7, 2025
You need the power to decide who sees what.
That’s why we're building SEAL on @WalrusProtocol .
SEAL will be a complete game changer in how we share and protect on-chain data.#GetReadyForWalrus pic.twitter.com/WaPBiCIMB2
January 28
TradePort, the largest NFT marketplace on Sui, is integrating Walrus to store metadata for all its Move-based ecosystem NFT projects.
January 30
Walrus is officially probably nothing.
probably nothing 🦭
— Walrus (@WalrusProtocol) January 30, 2025
blob-blob.sui 🔗 https://t.co/sZJmsaE6fq pic.twitter.com/S2j4yrJ7nJ
February 2025
February 2
Studio Mirai’s latest Walrus PFP drops, and purple robots are taking over X!
Want to join the takeover? Get your PFP here!
It’s probably nothing.
We've made it. pic.twitter.com/7331Idcmo4
— kotaro (robot arc) (@_smkotaro) February 3, 2025
February 9
Tusky reaches 2 million uploads on Walrus Testnet!
2,000,000+ TESTNET UPLOADS 💪📈
— Tusky (@TuskyTools) February 10, 2025
Over a million uploads to @WalrusProtocol via Tusky in the last two weeks alone.
107,000 just today.
Will we hit a million in this week alone? How many before mainnet?
100,000,000 will come quick, I feel it in my tuskies! pic.twitter.com/V3ZwqVR5AF
February 11
3DOS, the decentralized 3D printing OS, is storing its 15M+ CAD designs, NFTs and manufacturing data on Walrus
February 18
Talus picks Walrus as its default storage layer, enabling real-time data access, model storage, and onchain memory for its AI agents.
February 18
The Walrus User Drop goes live!
🚨BREAKING 🚨 Users eligible for the Walrus User Drop have begun receiving the Walrus Airdrop NFT in their wallets, giving them a claim to a set number of WAL tokens which will be redeemable at Walrus Mainnet launch via https://t.co/BEjdUIlMZK.
— Walrus 🦭/acc (@WalrusProtocol) February 19, 2025
This initial airdrop represents 4%… pic.twitter.com/WgHt7PfK26
February 25
Linera is integrating Walrus to store data across its microchain-powered L1 as blobs meet blazing-fast chains in a seamless new setup.
March 2025
March 4
Itheum integrates Walrus to power onchain storage for tokenized music catalogs, AI models, and training data. Tokenized data has never sounded this good.
March 7
Redundex, a Walrus storage node operator, drops a slick new Walrus explorer, giving everyone a real-time window into onchain data, storage nodes, and network activity.
🔍 Spotted in the wild: a Walrus network explorer!
— Walrus 🦭/acc (@WalrusProtocol) March 7, 2025
One of our storage node operators just built an amazing Walrus network explorer - giving you a clear view of onchain data activity, storage nodes, and more! 👀 pic.twitter.com/5WjCH9BoHf
March 10
SuperB integrates Walrus to bring secure, onchain storage to its social gaming platform, giving players true ownership of their characters and items.
March 11
Plume is building the future of RWA on Move and will be making Walrus its go-to for storing asset data, compliance records, and financial metadata onchain.
March 13
Atoma stores DeepSeek R1 on Walrus, marking a major leap for decentralized AI with verifiable, tamper-proof storage and no reliance on centralized platforms.
March 19
Soundness Layer integrates Walrus to make onchain ZK proof verification fast, affordable, and resilient.
March 20
Walrus announces Mainnet launch for March 27, unveils tokenomics with over 60% of WAL dedicated to the community, and secures $140M in funding to make data truly programmable.
March 27
Walrus Mainnet goes live!
The time is now: Walrus Mainnet is officially LIVE.
— Walrus 🦭/acc (@WalrusProtocol) March 27, 2025
We’re here to fundamentally transform how apps use and engage with data — empowering you to do more with your data, blob by blob.
Ready to build? Go 👇https://t.co/h2zJNbAL1T pic.twitter.com/35106KVXlQ
March 27
Claynosaurz joins Walrus as an official Mainnet launch partner, bringing dynamic, onchain experiences to its animated universe of collectibles and community.
March 28
Help secure the whole stack. The Walrus Bug Bounty Program is live, with rewards of up to $100K for critical findings across smart contracts, APIs, and protocol logic.
March 29
The Walrus Foundation launches its RFP Program to fund devs building tooling, integrations, and new use cases for programmable storage.
If you’re interested in building, you can apply here.
April 2025
April 2
Webacy is building its onchain risk engine DD.xyz on Walrus, using programmable storage to power trust signals for wallets, tokens, and smart contracts across Web3.
April 10
Crossmint integrates Walrus to power decentralized storage for tokenized apps and AI agents, giving 40,000+ devs and enterprises a seamless way to store onchain metadata at scale.
April 15
Unchained is moving its full archive of articles, podcasts, and videos to Walrus, joining Decrypt in taking crypto media onchain.
April 17
Nami Cloud launches its Walrus Publisher and S3-compatible API, making it easier than ever to migrate from Web2 storage and deploy decentralized apps at scale.
April 24
IPX brings its minini universe to Walrus, using programmable storage to power evolving characters, dynamic game assets, and AI-driven interactions. Even the Walrus mascot is joining the adventure 😉
Tiny, talkative, and totally onchain.@_LINEFRIENDS’ beloved characters just got mininified 👾
— Walrus 🦭/acc (@WalrusProtocol) April 25, 2025
Introducing minini universe: ROOM — a multi-chain Web3 game powered by Walrus, starring miniature versions of their adorable IP and even the mini Walrus himself 🧸✨ pic.twitter.com/BCmAARSwt8
April 29
The Pudgies have entered the chat. They're now storing their stickers and GIFs on Walrus via Tusky.

May 2025
May 2
At Basecamp, Claynosaurz reveals what it’s bringing to Walrus and Sui.
May 5
TradePort integrates Walrus via Tusky on their Sui NFT Launchpad!
May 8
Four Pillars publishes their detailed Walrus Report 📕
If you couldn’t snag a copy at Basecamp, you can now read it here.
May 12
Tusky drops some fresh metrics 🫳🎤
Tusky metrics 📈🚀📈🚀
— Tusky (@TuskyTools) May 12, 2025
Here are some of the ingredients we're cooking with:
💪 Over 7m uploads to Walrus mainnet
💪 19.7 TB sent to Walrus mainnet (before encoding)
💪 40% of files uploaded are images
💪 267k unique wallets have interacted with Tusky pic.twitter.com/Qe1rMGIv1h
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