# Protocols cooperating is the only way to beat the oligopoly

- **Speaker:** Unknown
- **Attribution:** uncertain
- **Said:** 2018-08-31
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** "Crypto Stories: A Primer on Distributed Computing with Dani Grant, Dan Desjardins, Chandler Song, and Greg Osuri" (Village Global's Venture Stories)
- **Watch at:** 00:38:54 — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crypto-stories-a-primer-on-distributed-computing/id1316769266?i=1000499161936
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2018-08-31-protocols-cooperating-is-the-only-way-to-beat-the-xekn/
- **Cite as:** Unknown, "Protocols cooperating is the only way to beat the oligopoly," "Crypto Stories: A Primer on Distributed Computing with Dani Grant, Dan Desjardins, Chandler Song, and Greg Osuri" (Village Global's Venture Stories), 31 Aug 2018, 00:38:54. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crypto-stories-a-primer-on-distributed-computing/id1316769266?i=1000499161936

## Quote — verbatim

> I think the problem definitely exists. And I think the future we're going to see protocols working with other protocols, like what you guys are doing, each one focusing on different markets... I think that's the only way we can take on a centralized system there is today, which is oligopoly.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His closing thought on the panel — decentralized compute as an ecosystem of complementary protocols rather than a single winner. **Speaker:** attributed to Greg by diction ("oligopoly") in an undiarized closing round.