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EVM x Sui I Alvaro Lillo

ETHGlobalSun, Aug 9, 2026, 12:00 AM

In this workshop at ETHGlobal New York 2026, Alvaro Lillo, a solutions engineer on Sui's builder growth team, walks hackers through the Sui prizes and, most importantly, how to integrate Walrus, Sui's decentralized storage solution, with EVM dApps. Alongside his colleague Ralph at the booth, he shares a collection of resources, starting with example integrations showing how to swap a typical IPFS or Filecoin setup for Walrus in common use cases. He highlights a newly released product, Walrus Memory, built on top of Walrus for storing encrypted memories from AI agents, which he suggests is useful for anyone doing agent work. He also points to a Sui plugin that helps implement anything on the Sui stack by injecting the docs (noting it is token-expensive, so use it deliberately) and integrating a Move language server, which is handy since that is not built into Claude Code, the tool he hopes most hackers will use this weekend. Alvaro explains how the prizes are structured around the hackathon's two main tracks. For the existing project track, the focus is on projects swapping their decentralized storage integration for Walrus, judged primarily on product-market fit rather than novel uses of Move, since the goal is products with existing traction and users that are ready to go to market. A portion of the pool is reserved for the new project track, where builders can create anything entirely on Sui using Move or integrating Walrus or another part of the stack. He points to links, faucets for testnet tokens, and QR codes at the booth. In an extended Q&A, he clarifies that Walrus is programmable decentralized storage infrastructure (not a single product), that the decentralized cloud people remember is just a product built on top of it (like Walrus Harbor), that Walrus is far faster than IPFS and Arweave on both uploads and retrievals, and that it can store anything, not just web3 data. He explains Walrus is built using Sui, relying on Sui's smart contracts to coordinate storage, and that Sui's object-oriented model provides built-in security around digital assets, making access control and complex data structures much easier to manage than in Solidity, before sending everyone off to build. 00:00 Introduction 00:12 Welcome to the Sui Workshop 00:45 Meet Alvaro and Ralph at the Booth 01:14 A Collection of Resources to Check 01:14 Integrating Walrus With EVM dApps 01:46 Introducing Walrus Memory for Agents 02:20 The Sui Plugin and Move Language Server 02:49 Why It Helps Claude Code Users 03:20 How the Prizes Are Structured 03:46 The Existing Project Track and Product-Market Fit 04:13 The New Project Track on Sui 04:46 Links, Faucets, and Testnet Tokens 05:14 Q&A: What Excites You the Most 06:07 Q&A: How to Think About Walrus Today 06:59 Walrus as Programmable Storage Infrastructure 07:16 Q&A: Building Without Walrus 07:40 Q&A: Help With Move Coding 08:06 Q&A: Walrus vs IPFS and Arweave 08:31 Q&A: Faster Uploads and Retrievals 08:52 Q&A: Is Walrus Only for Web3 09:07 Q&A: How Walrus Uses Sui 09:29 Q&A: Sui's Object-Oriented Model 10:08 Why Access Control Is Easier Than Solidity 10:31 Closing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *ETHGlobal New York 2026* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York 2026, a 3-day hackathon held June 12-14 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2026 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7MZ8T-ict6YshkFDw9WJCu _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow ETHGlobal* X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship?_ 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Transcript

Good evening everyone. Hello, welcome to the SU Workshop for the Ethereum Global Hackathon. Of course, we'll only talk about a few things, okay? We'll definitely explain our pricing, and we'll share the most important thing I think we'll share today, which is a few examples of how to integrate Warus or, uh integrate Warus or, uh , a centralized storage solution with EVM dabs. Okay, I don't know if anyone is familiar with Warus, you have all the resources to check it out.

Okay, I'll be speaking today, and all weekend long you can find me, uh, my colleague Raf. Okay, here at our booth, we're both solutions engineers on the development team, and yeah, uh, maybe some other people from the team will join in team will join in , but you'll be relying on us with any technical questions technical questions , right? Okay, so this is basically going to be a short collection of links, right? Like I said, this is the first thing you guys want to double check. I believe it's a decentralized data storage solution, and we've created some examples of how to integrate it into integrate it into EVMs, based on, let's say, typical use cases.

Good. Uh, basically, it's just a "swipe-swipe" of your EPS or Filecoin integration for WUS. This is what we are looking at today looking at today . Good. Another thing you'll probably find quite interesting is a new product we just released called Warus Memory.

This is a solution built on top of Warrus. For storing encrypted memories of your agents. You really want to check this if you are doing anything related to agent memory. You'll probably find this quite useful. Good.

Right. Another resource you might be interested in is the Cloud Code plugin. Good. This will really help you implement anything on Swift Wars, of course, but also on any other part of our stack. Good.

Basically, this thing that is being done is the implementation of Dogs. This is quite expensive. Good. So take a look at this before you start using it wildly. It also integrates LSP for movement, which is quite interesting since this is not built into the fabric.

Good. So, if you are probably going to use cloud code to develop your project today this weekend, I hope this will help you a lot. And I guess the real reason you're all here, right, is our prices. How will we structure them? We focused quite a bit on existing project areas.

I hope everyone is already familiar with how this hackathon works, as we have two main areas. One for existing projects, the other for new incoming projects. So, on the existing project lines, we'll look at two things, projects that encompass them: centralized integration of wall storage, and our main criterion for the best price- winner is product-market fit. Okay , we want to pay attention to the projects I mean in this direction, that is, for existing projects that already have some popularity with some existing users. Okay, but this will be our main goal.

We won't be looking so much at super new ways to use Move, whatever there is, in this case we're looking for products that are ready to go to market. Good. And we also keep some price pool for new projects that will use/ will use/ build on build on any part of the S-stack. This could be a project built entirely on su using Move, of course, or also something that integrates with WOS, or any other part of our stack. But I hope you guys have already checked if you are interested in this track, right this track, right ?

And so, that's probably all ? And so, that's probably all . Uh, here you will find all these links. Good. As well as links to bug sets for obtaining test network tokens.

That's quite interesting, isn't it? Don't worry if you can't get it now because you will be able to find the QR code of our booth. Good. And of course, we will be there, helping anyone there, helping anyone who wants to build on our stack. Are there any questions?

I think the question is a bit more general. What, of all the things you've seen created with Waros? Given everything you've seen created, what excites you the most? Again, we have a pretty focused direction. We don't care about anything that fits the market well.

We care about everything that users will actually use, that solves real user problems. Literally anything that really solves user problems and has any chance of getting really good market advantages will have a really good chance of winning. Makes sense. Yes. Yes.

Of course. Yes. Really stupid question. As for Walrus, last I heard about it, it was a decentralized cloud. How do you feel about Walus today?

Is he still like that? I mean, by centralized cloud, you probably mean a product built on top of Walus that mimicked, you know, this, say, Dropbox Drive, but it's just a product built on top of Walus. Good. Walrus is a strategic storage solution for everything you want to store there. Okay store there.

Okay , literally anything you can find, I think we call it Walus hardware, which will be like a decentralized cloud. Okay, but also our new thing, the also our new thing, the Walus memory, is designed to store agent memory, so anything you want to store, you can put in there. Yes. So I just want to add to that. So basically, you can think of Wars as a decentralized infrastructure, you know, a data storage infrastructure, so you can build any product related to that using Wars.

It's not so much a product you can build anything with, it's essentially smart programmable storage programmable storage . Yes, that's what Warus is today. Can we? So, can we create something completely different, without walls or anything walls or anything that doesn't meet the requirements of existing designs? We are very focused on this.

We are very focused on the new project . Yes . Yes , that's all. You can create anything you want. And will there be anyone who can help with the coding of the moves?

Uh, we'll certainly be there to help you figure it out. Yes, yes figure it out. Yes, yes , that's why we're here. Also, please check what I mean: if you are using cloud code, and we hoped everyone would be using it, you won't have much of a problem. How does Walrus compare to IPFS and Arweave?

I can say it's a lot faster, and I want to say it's cheaper, but don't quote me on that, but I'm sure it's a lot faster. It's not even on the same list. When you say faster When you say faster , do you mean loading? You mean, I mean both downloading and receiving? Good.

Eh, how about something like streaming music? Oh, I don't think anyone has created anything like that yet. So maybe this is your chance to try it. Good. Are there any more questions?

Of course. Are Wallers primarily intended for data storage in Web 3? Hmm, is that not intended? Again, you can use them with anything. Of course, a centralized data storage solution, yes , usually people know about it or about free web free web products, but there's nothing stopping you from using it anywhere.

You will be happy to see everything that is built on it . Hmm, as someone who is not very familiar with SUI but has friends who are very enthusiastic about it. Um, how does Walrus use the unique characteristics of SU to outperform the competition in certain aspects like speed or, like you said, I mean, uh, it's basically built with SU, you don't have to mine SU if you use it, but it uses smart contracts to coordinate storage and so on. Uh, from what I understand, Suite is more like object- like object- oriented than Ethereum, which is more like fully object- fully object- oriented. So does he use it?

The object model in SU is a pretty important thing, it allows you to have built-in security around the assets, the digital assets that you manage. You don't have to pretend you know, you don't have to mock them and want to use them, but everything is built on a compiler and a constructor. So you won't have any security issues, I mean, of course, if you write the code poorly, but you won't have to worry about it . You don't need to think too much about how to manage access control, how to access each resource, etc. I mean, this is for something a little more complex, a complex data structure.

This will be much better. Of course, if you ask me about it ask me about it , than about reliability. Good. Do we have any more questions? So, I guess, go out there and build go out there and build , and then come back to our booth with any questions.

I hope you come up with some great ideas. Good. We will be ready to dedicate the whole day to you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

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