# Crypto's access and base layers are not decentralized

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-02-01
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Messari Happy Hour Ep11 (Messari)
- **Watch at:** 00:03:45 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9cuO5P42i4&t=225s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2023-02-01-crypto-s-access-and-base-layers-are-not-decentrali-pf4a/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Crypto's access and base layers are not decentralized," Messari Happy Hour Ep11 (Messari), 1 Feb 2023, 00:03:45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9cuO5P42i4&t=225s

## Quote — verbatim

> Crypto is not a single monolithic layer, it's actually multiple layers... even though the middle, the data layer, is decentralized, the access layer and base layer is clearly not decentralized.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His framework for what the Tornado Cash sanctions exposed: front ends/DNS and compute hosting are the choke points, not the chains.