# Akash is just a coordination protocol — safer by design

- **Speaker:** Unknown
- **Attribution:** uncertain
- **Said:** 2022-08-14
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** IBC Relayers are safer than Bridges - Here's Why (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:03:35 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSpBsstdbMA&t=215s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2022-08-14-akash-is-just-a-coordination-protocol-safer-by-des-xz5y/
- **Cite as:** Unknown, "Akash is just a coordination protocol — safer by design," IBC Relayers are safer than Bridges - Here's Why (Akash Network), 14 Aug 2022, 00:03:35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSpBsstdbMA&t=215s

## Quote — verbatim

> I feel a little safer with Akash because we don't have third-party smart contract execution risk, we don't secure any assets on chain, we are not a DeFi protocol. Akash really at the end of the day, it's just a coordination protocol — it coordinates a tenant to a provider to transfer assets, so it's a lot safer in terms of security profile.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Recurring argument distinguishing Akash's minimal on-chain surface from DeFi protocols. **Speaker:** uncredited clip; likely Greg.