Akash vs Render: permissionless and on-chain vs closed and off-chain
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“Akash is permissionless, decentralized. It runs fully on-chain — every transaction, every lease happens on-chain — whereas Render is closed source and off-chain. [The] only thing that happens on-chain is payments and nothing else… one is permissionless, another one is not. And we emphasize quite heav[ily] on self-custody.” — 00:14:54
Context: Q&A answer to “what’s the difference between Akash and Render.”