# Proof-of-stake networks are communal organisms that resist takeover

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-06-28
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Decentralized Cloud - DCENTRAL Austin 2022 (Dcentral Con)
- **Watch at:** 00:24:58 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfBYYjtzsX0&t=1498s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2022-06-28-proof-of-stake-networks-are-communal-organisms-tha-hffd/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Proof-of-stake networks are communal organisms that resist takeover," Decentralized Cloud - DCENTRAL Austin 2022 (Dcentral Con), 28 Jun 2022, 00:24:58. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfBYYjtzsX0&t=1498s

## Quote — verbatim

> Proof of stake systems are inherently communal organisms. So there's a bad actor that's trying to, number one, buy up all the tokens — that's going to increase the price of the token, thereby further strengthening security... people can fork it and start a new one... the community will always come through before an attack can happen, and there are also preventive circuit breakers — we have like a \[21\]-day unbonding period for that very reason.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Responding to "what prevents Amazon buying up all the tokens and taking over Akash"; illustrated by his Terra governance proposal to re-enable IBC, passed as an outsider "with very little voting power, very little clout" [00:26:24].