# Development should be financed by the chain, not the company

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-12-05
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly - November 30th 2022 (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:53:13 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM-WU0TaynU&t=3193s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2022-12-05-development-should-be-financed-by-the-chain-not-th-yunw/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Development should be financed by the chain, not the company," Akash Weekly - November 30th 2022 (Akash Network), 5 Dec 2022, 00:53:13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM-WU0TaynU&t=3193s

## Quote — verbatim

> Instead of Overclock Labs financing the development of Akash Network, I think it should be the chain and the token holders that finance the development and evolution of the network. That's how we truly build a decentralized network that's not reliant on a single company.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Post-FTX transparency question; he announces Overclock's 2023 pivot to community-first roadmaps and says they'll "write a playbook" for tokenized open-source development.