Decentralization's spectrum begins with open source and ends with energy sourcing
What is Akash Network? Greg Osuri on Decentralized Cloud Computing | Greg Osuri - Founder of Akash (Genzio)
“That’s why you want open source as a foundation for decentralization, and I will reject any notion that a closed system is decentralized — it’s just not a reality. And it’s really sad what’s happening [in] DePIN today, that there are a lot of these networks just popping out of nowhere with fully closed source code bases, and the justification is ‘decentralization is a spectrum.’ Yes, decentralization is a spectrum, but the spectrum begins with the open source code base and ends with energy sourcing.” — 00:15:12
Context: After citing CrowdStrike’s bad-code push and 23andMe’s for-sale DNA database as failure modes of closed systems users don’t control.