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The front-end is the censorable layer — so Akash has none

Akash Analysis - How Akash is censorship resistant (Akash Network)

“These days the censorable part of the decentralized stack is not the actual protocol but the front end itself. So Akash network not having a front-end, or Overclock Labs which develops Akash network not developing a default front-end, puts us in a very interesting position because now our compliance requirements are much lower than most other protocols… the protocol itself doesn’t choose favorites or doesn’t really enforce censorship.” — 00:00:00

Context: August 2022, right after the Tornado Cash sanctions; he contrasts Pocket Network’s front-end ban and says “I’m kind of proud of our decision of not developing a front-end in the first place.” Speaker: uncredited clip; likely Greg.

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