# The future is sovereign chains in a multi-chain world

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-12-15
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** DeFi Decoded - Greg Osuri, CEO of Akash on why DeFi needs a Decentralized Internet to succeed (Ninepoint Partners)
- **Watch at:** 00:22:37 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pEWlQnQ_8Q&t=1357s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-12-15-the-future-is-sovereign-chains-in-a-multi-chain-wo-ry4z/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "The future is sovereign chains in a multi-chain world," DeFi Decoded - Greg Osuri, CEO of Akash on why DeFi needs a Decentralized Internet to succeed (Ninepoint Partners), 15 Dec 2021, 00:22:37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pEWlQnQ_8Q&t=1357s

## Quote — verbatim

> I believe in a multi-chain future, absolutely, there's no doubt... like we saw with Web2 too — you build on a shared platform like Firebase, but the time when you have to really scale up, you go sovereign. I think the future is sovereignty.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Explaining why Akash built a sovereign Cosmos/IBC chain instead of on Ethereum or Solana: control over scalability and economics (~1/4-cent gas vs. $70 Ethereum deployments).