# Ethereum merge GPUs will be Akash's unique value proposition

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-07-07
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly - July 6th 2022 (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:32:09 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egfFJqkSCLw&t=1929s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2022-07-07-ethereum-merge-gpus-will-be-akash-s-unique-value-p-5q74/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Ethereum merge GPUs will be Akash's unique value proposition," Akash Weekly - July 6th 2022 (Akash Network), 7 Jul 2022, 00:32:09. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egfFJqkSCLw&t=1929s

## Quote — verbatim

> Us solving the GPU problem, especially by sourcing the underutilized GPUs of the Ethereum merge, is going to be a very important unique value proposition Akash can provide to the world.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Phase two of the adoption plan targets data-intensive applications because "it's extremely expensive to run GPUs in the cloud"; the merge (Sept 2022) was expected to free vast GPU supply.