# The state's crypto overreach is temporary

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-12-11
- **Theme:** Other — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/
- **Source:** How Akash Skynet will unleash an AI future no one is prepared for (Interchain.FM)
- **Watch at:** 01:33:24 — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-akash-skynet-will-unleash-an-ai-future-no-one-is/id1487731469?i=1000638190791
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/2023-12-11-the-state-s-crypto-overreach-is-temporary-t6ni/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "The state's crypto overreach is temporary," How Akash Skynet will unleash an AI future no one is prepared for (Interchain.FM), 11 Dec 2023, 01:33:24. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-akash-skynet-will-unleash-an-ai-future-no-one-is/id1487731469?i=1000638190791

## Quote — verbatim

> I think this current overreach by the state is just temporary. Like, I don't see this lasting in more than, you know, maybe a few years... Government tends to, you know, anything they deem to be a threat, they tend to take an adversarial position. And eventually, they learn that it's actually helping them.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Citing the crypto wars of the 80s/90s as precedent; he argues Akash-style real-world problem solving ("secondary market for GPUs will make America a lot more competitive," [01:39:20]) flips the regulatory framing.