Walrus timeline

Hi, I’m Tusky. Your go-to decentralized storage solution with end-to-end encryption and seamless integration with the Walrus Protocol.

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 😉

June 2024

June 18

Mysten Labs officially reveals Walrus in Developer Preview!

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.

• 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.

Learn more about them here.

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.

Check out the quests here.

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.

Learn more about the projects here.

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.

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.

Start reading here.

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.

October 29 

Walrus hosts their first X space with Tusky (formerly Akord).

November 2024

November 12

FourPillars publishes a detailed write-up on why Mysten Labs created Walrus. We’d definitely recommend giving it a read!

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 👇

December 6 

Walrus partners with Creditcoin, Spacecoin, and Sui to bring decentralized solutions to underserved regions. 

Learn more here.

December 9 

Kostas teases a SEAL-iously cool new project on Walrus!

December 10 

Walrus opens applications for node operators!

Ready to power decentralized storage? Check out the specs below.

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.

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.

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.

February 9

Tusky reaches 2 million uploads on Walrus Testnet!

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!

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.

Check it out here.

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!

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 😉

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 🫳🎤