2026-01-21 20:20:14

Many people have difficulty distinguishing between Arweave and Walrus, especially in the field of full-chain gaming.

First, let's talk about Arweave. It’s like carving content onto a stone tablet—once written, it’s permanently fixed and unchangeable. This is perfect for storing immutable historical data, but it poses problems when used in games. Games often need to fix bugs, launch new seasons, and adjust item stats, all of which require flexible updates. If every change requires deploying a new chain, the user experience would suffer.

Walrus is different. It can ensure data is permanently stored while supporting updates or replacements of specific content at any time. For AAA blockchain games on the Sui ecosystem, this "online hot update" capability is a game-changer. You can quickly iterate game logic and resources without triggering a new chain deployment. This is the true meaning of storing live data—giving chain games the flexibility and rapid responsiveness that traditional games have.

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RugDocScientist

· 7h ago

In plain terms, Arweave is just a stone carving, while Walrus is the truly game-savvy storage solution.

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RugResistant

· 7h ago

The idea of carving stone tablets like Arweave is indeed not suitable for blockchain games. Walrus's hot update capability is the right way forward.

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LiquiditySurfer

· 7h ago

Arweave is the kind of old-fashioned "one-shot" thinking, suitable for storing historical data, no doubt. But if you really want to use it for blockchain games? That's shooting yourself in the foot. Walrus has really got the idea—hot updates without redeploying, this capital efficiency is brilliant.

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DefiEngineerJack

· 7h ago

ngl, arweave's immutability thing is fundamentally solving the wrong problem for gaming. it's like choosing concrete for a sculpture you'll need to reshape weekly. walrus actually gets it—hot updates without redeploying is the non-trivial optimization most devs are sleeping on rn. sui's moving fast while everyone else is still arguing about trade-offs that don't exist anymore

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GasFeeCrybaby

· 7h ago

arweave is just a stone head, walrus understands the game mentality --- So arweave never considered blockchain games at all, it should have been clarified long ago --- Hot updates basically mean walrus won, there's nothing to argue about --- Game developers in the Sui ecosystem should definitely take a look at this, or they'll be scolded by players every day --- It feels like a gap in practical application, what's there to be so conflicted about... --- Wait, can walrus really update seamlessly? If that's true, that's amazing --- Arweave's permanent storage sounds impressive, but as soon as a game uses it, its true nature is revealed, haha --- If blockchain games still use arweave, no wonder the experience is poor. Now I understand

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