Storage networks, Solana validators, and full nodes will run on Akash
"Akash Weekly: Testnet 3, Week 1 Challenges" (Akash Network)
“You’ll be able to run a lot of the storage networks… running on top of Akash, and you’re going to see other validators like Solana, which have huge storage requirements, running on Akash. You’re going to see full nodes in the entire Cosmos ecosystem.” — 00:17:05
Context: On what persistent storage unlocks; he calls it the feature that “completes a big gap” with traditional cloud. Later predicts Lumen and Chia miners will “flood the market with cheap, high-performance storage” ([00:39:54]).