# Node services (Pocket/Infura/Alchemy) will run on Akash

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-04-24
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly: Chia (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:15:48 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVwZr7s92f8&t=948s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-04-24-node-services-pocket-infura-alchemy-will-run-on-ak-3x6k/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Node services (Pocket/Infura/Alchemy) will run on Akash," Akash Weekly: Chia (Akash Network), 24 Apr 2022, 00:15:48. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVwZr7s92f8&t=948s

## Quote — verbatim

> A good pathway from here would be someone like Pocket Network, who specializes in running nodes, or even Infura or even Alchemy — Akash will become another provider... and if these platforms give the users a choice of running over centralized infrastructure versus decentralized, I think it will be a fantastic outcome.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

After reporting ~135 Avalanche and ~117 Terra nodes launched during Testnet 3 — framing node infrastructure as proof Akash can run production blockchain workloads.