# Not a fan of shared security; the Hub's value is liquidity and service discovery

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-02-17
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Splitting ATOMs: How decentralized is Cosmos? ⚛️ (Cryptocito)
- **Watch at:** 00:04:17 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ump9HeOdi-w&t=257s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2022-02-17-not-a-fan-of-shared-security-the-hub-s-value-is-li-7pxl/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Not a fan of shared security; the Hub's value is liquidity and service discovery," Splitting ATOMs: How decentralized is Cosmos? ⚛️ (Cryptocito), 17 Feb 2022, 00:04:17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ump9HeOdi-w&t=257s

## Quote — verbatim

> Atom is the reserve currency of Cosmos... I'm not a big fan of shared security in general... really for me, liquidity and service discovery is probably one of the biggest things Cosmos Hub can bring to the ecosystem.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Asked for his view on the Cosmos Hub's positioning; also credits sovereignty and avoiding an inherited "economic burden" as why Akash adopted the Cosmos SDK. Quote spans into [00:05:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ump9HeOdi-w&t=300s).