# Shared-state chains work until a scalability threshold forces sovereignty

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-01-13
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Comdex Mainnet Launch Party \| Panel-1 \| The rise of DeFi in the Cosmos Ecosystem (Comdex)
- **Watch at:** 00:06:57 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4jPJjJz0vo&t=417s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2022-01-13-shared-state-chains-work-until-a-scalability-thres-tzxe/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Shared-state chains work until a scalability threshold forces sovereignty," Comdex Mainnet Launch Party \| Panel-1 \| The rise of DeFi in the Cosmos Ecosystem (Comdex), 13 Jan 2022, 00:06:57. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4jPJjJz0vo&t=417s

## Quote — verbatim

> One of the things that stands out about Cosmos is the sovereignty that we get, unlike other shared-state chains. Shared-state chains like Ethereum and Solana are phenomenal for developing rapidly, but once you reach a certain scalability threshold you certainly need that sovereignty that Cosmos provides.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Praising Cosmos's appchain model in 2022 — a position he substantially reversed in 2025 when announcing Akash would leave its sovereign L1 for a shared-state ecosystem.