# Akash out-earns Graph, Helium, and Livepeer combined — pre-incentives

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-12-19
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Akash Network founder Greg Osuri - Building a Decentralized Computing Marketplace (Crypto Nuggets)
- **Watch at:** 00:21:42 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwpAQjvSxRE&t=1302s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2023-12-19-akash-out-earns-graph-helium-and-livepeer-combined-anzn/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash out-earns Graph, Helium, and Livepeer combined — pre-incentives," Akash Network founder Greg Osuri - Building a Decentralized Computing Marketplace (Crypto Nuggets), 19 Dec 2023, 00:21:42. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwpAQjvSxRE&t=1302s

## Quote — verbatim

> Currently Akash makes more in revenue, or collects more in daily fees, than Graph Protocol, Helium, Livepeer combined — and all these networks are incentivized and Akash is not incentivized. This is pre-incentive... also zero ad spend.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Demand grew 150% month-over-month post-GPU launch; incentives were slated for the following year, with "a few hundreds of millions of dollars worth of budget," after which "we think our supply is going to scale exponentially."