# One of the largest testnets in web3

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-04-24
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** "Akash Weekly: Testnet 3, Week 1 Challenges" (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:07:04 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=197CuLD5Ahw&t=424s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-04-24-one-of-the-largest-testnets-in-web3-znxb/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "One of the largest testnets in web3," "Akash Weekly: Testnet 3, Week 1 Challenges" (Akash Network), 24 Apr 2022, 00:07:04. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=197CuLD5Ahw&t=424s

## Quote — verbatim

> So far we're able to attract over 8,000 participants. This is by far the biggest testnet for Akash, for sure, but I think it has to be one of the largest testnets in the web3 space itself.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Contrasting Akash's incentivized-testing discipline with Cosmos-ecosystem projects that "launch and fail... or worse, actually launch and have exploits."