# Solana smart contracts running on Akash, paying in AKT

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2020-06-22
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** The Akashian Challenge Phase 2 Livestream (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:36:13 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTzphnpjFg0&t=2173s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2020-06-22-solana-smart-contracts-running-on-akash-paying-in-rifr/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Solana smart contracts running on Akash, paying in AKT," The Akashian Challenge Phase 2 Livestream (Akash Network), 22 Jun 2020, 00:36:13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTzphnpjFg0&t=2173s

## Quote — verbatim

> We believe Solana has incredible... high-performance smart contracts capability, because \[their\] throughput numbers are astronomical. So you should be, hopefully soon, run Solana smart contracts using Akash, pay using Akash tokens... it's like using Solana's software on Akash, which is hardware, paying to Solana using Akash tokens... a beautiful improbable love story there.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Greg, following Jack's note that Solana was discussing deploying its testnet nodes and app frontends on Akash (expected in Phase 3).