# Bear markets make cost matter — the unused-compute model is working

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-06-22
- **Theme:** Other — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly Spaces - June 22nd (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:10:35 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BZu_1QW7sw&t=635s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/2022-06-22-bear-markets-make-cost-matter-the-unused-compute-m-rqd2/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Bear markets make cost matter — the unused-compute model is working," Akash Weekly Spaces - June 22nd (Akash Network), 22 Jun 2022, 00:10:35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BZu_1QW7sw&t=635s

## Quote — verbatim

> People don't really care about cost of compute, but when times are difficult, in a bear market, Akash is getting quite a lot of attention... a plot, when Chia was in a bull market, was selling for $2 — now \[10 cents\]... the source of compute is coming from unused compute, right? So the model is really working here.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Reacting to Evergreen building a fiat-payment business (ACH/debit) fulfilled by Akash deployments — users buy plots, not AKT.