300-500 providers would out-distribute Amazon
Ask Akash: Why not focus on Web 2 adoption for Akash? (Akash Network)
“Once providers are profitable, that is something that can be used to attract other providers, because there’s actual money to be made here… that will enable provider incentives, that’ll massively grow [the] provider [base]. Once we have 300 to 500 providers, that is significantly higher geo-presence than, let’s say, an Amazon.” — 00:03:34
Context: July 2022 growth thesis: provider profitability compounds into distribution that hyperscalers can’t match.