# Akash as the gateway to a decentralized cloud

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2020-12-20
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** "The Akashian Challenge: Closing Live Stream" (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:50:16 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXW6N4R6j80&t=3016s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2020-12-20-akash-as-the-gateway-to-a-decentralized-cloud-esch/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash as the gateway to a decentralized cloud," "The Akashian Challenge: Closing Live Stream" (Akash Network), 20 Dec 2020, 00:50:16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXW6N4R6j80&t=3016s

## Quote — verbatim

> We are a big contributor to IBC, and the reason why we wanted to use IBC is because we believe in a frictionless interoperable cloud, \[with\] Akash really being positioned as a gateway to a decentralized cloud.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Greg outlining 2021 plans (mainnet 2, economics/incentives, interoperability) — early statement of the recurring "gateway/supercloud" framing.