# Ethereum is a proof of concept, not a scalable architecture

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-03-24
- **Theme:** Other — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/
- **Source:** AKASH NETWORK (AKT) - Decentralized clouds, Staking, Cosmos & more! - Interview with CEO Greg Osuri (Michaël van de Poppe)
- **Watch at:** 00:27:17 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY33CFNI-OE&t=1637s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/2021-03-24-ethereum-is-a-proof-of-concept-not-a-scalable-arch-ujfs/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Ethereum is a proof of concept, not a scalable architecture," AKASH NETWORK (AKT) - Decentralized clouds, Staking, Cosmos & more! - Interview with CEO Greg Osuri (Michaël van de Poppe), 24 Mar 2021, 00:27:17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY33CFNI-OE&t=1637s

## Quote — verbatim

> I think Ethereum is a proof of concept more than a real, scalable architecture, and it's obvious with the gas fees that we are paying. The shared fee model — all that is just not scalable.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Explaining why Akash built on Tendermint/Cosmos since 2017; he credits Ethereum with proving product-market fit for decentralized applications.