# Web3's base layer is under assault; need self-sovereign RPC

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-09-29
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly - September 28th 2022 (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:36:35 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhs18DcjSKo&t=2195s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2022-09-29-web3-s-base-layer-is-under-assault-need-self-sover-mqz6/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Web3's base layer is under assault; need self-sovereign RPC," Akash Weekly - September 28th 2022 (Akash Network), 29 Sept 2022, 00:36:35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhs18DcjSKo&t=2195s

## Quote — verbatim

> We believe a base layer in web3 is under assault... we all know the kind of censorship attacks that are on crypto right now... there's really no purely decentralized RPC infrastructure... we believe strongly that we need a super easy to use, fully self-sovereign and fully open RPC infrastructure.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Explaining why Console targets RPC/full-node deployment first; references Alchemy/Infura centralization concerns post-censorship events of 2022.