# Open systems go far, closed systems go fast

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-12-19
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Network founder Greg Osuri - Building a Decentralized Computing Marketplace (Crypto Nuggets)
- **Watch at:** 00:52:09 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwpAQjvSxRE&t=3129s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2023-12-19-open-systems-go-far-closed-systems-go-fast-akt3/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Open systems go far, closed systems go fast," Akash Network founder Greg Osuri - Building a Decentralized Computing Marketplace (Crypto Nuggets), 19 Dec 2023, 00:52:09. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwpAQjvSxRE&t=3129s

## Quote — verbatim

> The whole notion of a decentralized system is not how fast you can move but how far you can go... with open systems you can go far, while with closed systems you can go fast. I'm not here to build closed systems.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His recurring argument for why decentralized coordination costs are worth paying — network effects compound; Akash had nine chain upgrades that year without a security incident.