# EVM insecurity is the root of crypto's exploits

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-09-29
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Akash Network - Chat With a Founder Greg Osuri (Don Cryptonium)
- **Watch at:** 01:04:53 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDA9wqZmsY8&t=3893s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2023-09-29-evm-insecurity-is-the-root-of-crypto-s-exploits-wyum/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "EVM insecurity is the root of crypto's exploits," Akash Network - Chat With a Founder Greg Osuri (Don Cryptonium), 29 Sept 2023, 01:04:53. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDA9wqZmsY8&t=3893s

## Quote — verbatim

> We have to be honest to ourselves: is Ethereum going to be the future? Because it's not. It is very insecure — EVM, and EVM insecurity is a root of all the exploits that we see today.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Arguing user security (not blockchain security) is the real attack vector, praising the Cosmos app-chain isolation model and dYdX; also warns about Lazarus Group/North Korean activity in web3.