# US military embraced Secret Network and Akash within 30 days of the ban

- **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:** 00:10:56 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9cuO5P42i4&t=656s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2023-02-01-us-military-embraced-secret-network-and-akash-with-4hln/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "US military embraced Secret Network and Akash within 30 days of the ban," Messari Happy Hour Ep11 (Messari), 1 Feb 2023, 00:10:56. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9cuO5P42i4&t=656s

## Quote — verbatim

> On one hand you had the US Treasury that banned Tornado Cash, which is a privacy protocol; on the other hand we saw the US military, DOD, embrace Secret Network and Akash for enhancing their privacy... within 30 days of the ban.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Cites a DOD use case for sending secure documents between units with sovereignty; evidence government arms value the same privacy tech being sanctioned.