2026-01-15 21:24:42

As data privacy increasingly becomes the focus of Web3, Walrus is exploring an interesting direction — building a data availability layer for Web3. The project features the integration of Trusted Execution Environments and Zero-Knowledge Proofs, aiming to protect data privacy while enabling on-chain applications to seamlessly access verified computation results.

Technically, Walrus's approach is quite clear. Sensitive computations are handled in secure off-chain environments, and once completed, a concise zero-knowledge proof is generated and submitted on-chain. This not only avoids the risk of exposing data on public blockchains but also allows everyone to verify the authenticity of the computations. In other words, it aims to solve two long-standing issues faced by blockchain applications — privacy leaks and scalability bottlenecks. In comparison, this architectural design is meaningful as a foundational infrastructure for next-generation privacy applications.

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DAOdreamer

· 12h ago

Off-chain processing of sensitive data with on-chain proof—this approach really impressed me, Walrus has something special this time Solving privacy and scalability issues simultaneously? Come on, it's usually a choice between the two Really? Zero-knowledge proofs combined with trusted execution environments can break the deadlock? Seems like it depends on how well it actually runs Isn't this a new approach to privacy infrastructure? It depends on whether the ecosystem can get off the ground Honestly, the combination of TEE and ZK is really clever; it's much more reliable than pure on-chain computation The data privacy layer track has definitely gained popularity; will Walrus turn out to be another PPT project? I think the key is whether it can attract enough developers to use it—no matter how great the architecture is, if no one uses it, it's all for nothing

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FunGibleTom

· 12h ago

The combination of TEE and zero-knowledge proofs sounds pretty solid, but I wonder if it will turn out to be a different story once actually implemented...

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OffchainOracle

· 13h ago

Off-chain computation + zero-knowledge proofs is indeed a powerful combination, but whether it can truly be implemented depends on ecosystem support.

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NullWhisperer

· 13h ago

honestly the tee thing here is whether those off-chain computations actually stay off-chain... like theoretically exploitable if the trusted execution environment gets compromised, then what? zk proofs don't retroactively fix leaked data ngl

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