What is Walrus?

Walrus is a developer platform established to enable data markets, specifically designed for applications in artificial intelligence and decentralized finance. It aims to enhance the trustworthiness, provability, monetizability, and security of data across various industries. The platform supports the creation of efficient data markets, allowing developers to build systems that ensure data integrity and facilitate value creation.

The technology underlying Walrus seeks to address the issue of underutilized or untrusted data, which limits the potential of AI and digital economies. Users, publishers, and content creators are provided with opportunities to monetize their data, while researchers benefit from access to high-quality datasets. The platform facilitates new revenue streams for companies through data utilization and the procurement of data necessary for training AI models.