# Every layer of the cloud stack is decentralizing

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-06-22
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Live AMA featuring Greg Osuri from the Akash Network! (Bittrex Global)
- **Watch at:** 00:12:11 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqVgxTCWPgc&t=731s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-06-22-every-layer-of-the-cloud-stack-is-decentralizing-z4up/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Every layer of the cloud stack is decentralizing," Live AMA featuring Greg Osuri from the Akash Network! (Bittrex Global), 22 Jun 2021, 00:12:11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqVgxTCWPgc&t=731s

## Quote — verbatim

> Every part of the cloud stack is getting decentralized, and we put all of them together into one umbrella called d-cloud, and Akash we're positioning as the gateway for the d-cloud.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Explaining the "d-cloud" term Akash coined: compute (Akash), storage (Sia/Filecoin), DNS (Handshake), key management (NuCypher).