# Open-source clouds failed until crypto could attach resources to software

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-06-18
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** "Greg Osuri \| Founder of Akash Network: Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI" (Beacon Podcast)
- **Watch at:** 00:15:07 — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greg-osuri-founder-of-akash-network-liberty/id1626302528?i=1000659451844
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2024-06-18-open-source-clouds-failed-until-crypto-could-attac-6evb/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Open-source clouds failed until crypto could attach resources to software," "Greg Osuri \| Founder of Akash Network: Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI" (Beacon Podcast), 18 Jun 2024, 00:15:07. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greg-osuri-founder-of-akash-network-liberty/id1626302528?i=1000659451844

## Quote — verbatim

> We tried open source cloud several times before, and none of them really took off or succeeded or even survived because they didn't have the resources that you can actually acquire through open source. So for the first time, I had an opportunity to create not only open source software, but also give access to the resource in an open manner.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His thesis that a token marketplace is what makes open infrastructure sustainable — "software as a coordination layer and the hardware as the value" (00:14:08). Follow-on claim at 00:16:01: 500+ contributors, and Overclock Labs could disappear with Akash unaffected.