# Take income is blocked by regulation, not engineering

- **Speaker:** Unknown
- **Attribution:** uncertain
- **Said:** 2022-08-06
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Ask Akash - When can we expect take income to be implemented (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:00:42 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNT2fpKSRUU&t=42s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2022-08-06-take-income-is-blocked-by-regulation-not-engineeri-lgsz/
- **Cite as:** Unknown, "Take income is blocked by regulation, not engineering," Ask Akash - When can we expect take income to be implemented (Akash Network), 6 Aug 2022, 00:00:42. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNT2fpKSRUU&t=42s

## Quote — verbatim

> The take income could be considered as a security... we're waiting for a little more clarity from regulators... The technical feature is not that complicated — it's taking a percentage of hosting fees and giving back to stakers, it's not a complicated piece of software to implement — but from a regulation standpoint it's very unclear.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

August 2022 US regulatory climate; adds that shipping it from the community rather than Overclock Labs would be better as Akash gets "very decentralized." **Speaker:** uncredited Ask Akash answer; likely Greg.