# Web2 concentrates power; Web3 distributes it

- **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:** 00:28:19 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pEWlQnQ_8Q&t=1699s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-12-15-web2-concentrates-power-web3-distributes-it-uuw4/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Web2 concentrates power; Web3 distributes it," DeFi Decoded - Greg Osuri, CEO of Akash on why DeFi needs a Decentralized Internet to succeed (Ninepoint Partners), 15 Dec 2021, 00:28:19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pEWlQnQ_8Q&t=1699s

## Quote — verbatim

> Web3 is taking a much more distributed, much more diverse attitude than Web2, because Web2 is all about concentration of power; Web3 is about distribution of power. And we're seeing that very clearly with dWeb, and I'm really excited for that future.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Summing up his tour of the composable dWeb stack (Akash compute + Filecoin/Sia/Arweave storage + Handshake DNS + Livepeer), with IBC eventually letting any token pay for any service.