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

- **Speaker:** Unknown
- **Attribution:** uncertain
- **Said:** 2022-08-25
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Analysis - How Akash is censorship resistant (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:00:00 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9e7agFRup4&t=0s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-08-25-the-front-end-is-the-censorable-layer-so-akash-has-npf2/
- **Cite as:** Unknown, "The front-end is the censorable layer — so Akash has none," Akash Analysis - How Akash is censorship resistant (Akash Network), 25 Aug 2022, 00:00:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9e7agFRup4&t=0s

## Quote — verbatim

> 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.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

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.