Stay updated with the latest trends, news, and insights in decentralized cloud computing. Explore thought leadership, technical deep-dives, and community highlights.https://akash.network/https://akash.network/blog/1-cosmos-validator-sikka-aka-sunny-aggarwal-of-tendermint-cosmos-joins-akash-as-advisor/https://akash.network/blog/1-cosmos-validator-sikka-aka-sunny-aggarwal-of-tendermint-cosmos-joins-akash-as-advisor/Last week, we announced that Jack Zampolin of Pylon Validation Services and Tendermint joined Akash as an Advisor, and today, we’re excited to announce that the number one Cosmos validator Sikka aka Sunny Aggarwal of Tendermint/Cosmos has joined Akash as an Advisor. Validators are essential to ensuring the sovereignty and security of Akash’s platform.Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/2020-to-2021-acceleration-to-the-decloud/https://akash.network/blog/2020-to-2021-acceleration-to-the-decloud/In 2020, the pandemic shifted more of our work and personal lives online, accelerating explosive demand for cloud computing and services, projected to be a $370 billion market by 2022 (IDG 2019).Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/2021-recap-the-road-to-gpu-support/https://akash.network/blog/2021-recap-the-road-to-gpu-support/As the year comes to a close, personally and professionally, we tend to get introspective; analyzing our year, celebrating our milestones, and looking ahead to new goals for the New Year.Mon, 27 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/a-acc-akash-accelerationism/https://akash.network/blog/a-acc-akash-accelerationism/How strategic progress in 2023 laid the foundation for rapid acceleration in 2024 and beyond.Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/a-founders-guide-to-the-secs-safe-harbor-proposal-for-utility-tokens/https://akash.network/blog/a-founders-guide-to-the-secs-safe-harbor-proposal-for-utility-tokens/It’s no secret the regulatory regime in the US hasn’t been friendly to budding decentralized projects. This is because the SEC has tried to apply Howey analysis to crypto projects that effectively classify any token that requires management as a Security.Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/a-vision-of-the-decentralized-web-with-chjango-unchained/https://akash.network/blog/a-vision-of-the-decentralized-web-with-chjango-unchained/The train doesn’t stop at DeFi or NFTs. We’re headed for destination dWeb.Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/achieving-decentralized-physical-state-consensus-with-witness-chain-on-akash/https://akash.network/blog/achieving-decentralized-physical-state-consensus-with-witness-chain-on-akash/Witness Chain is transforming blockchains by bridging the cyber-physical divide by introducing a verifiable observation layer that captures and authenticates real-world attributes.Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-2025-year-in-review/https://akash.network/blog/akash-2025-year-in-review/2025 marks the year Akash evolved from a promising decentralized compute marketplace into a production-ready Supercloud platform capable of competing with centralized cloud giants. The network executed the most comprehensive infrastructure transformation in its history: Mainnet 14 eliminated eight years of technical debt in a single upgrade while the network maintained a consistent 60% utilization rate for accelerated compute.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-accelerate-24-the-path-forward-for-permissionless-compute/https://akash.network/blog/akash-accelerate-24-the-path-forward-for-permissionless-compute/On Tuesday, May 28th, the Akash core team and community held the network’s first-ever full-day summit focused on the growth of permissionless compute and Decentralized AI (DeAI).Sun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-and-filebase-replace-s3-with-multi-cloud-dweb-providers/https://akash.network/blog/akash-and-filebase-replace-s3-with-multi-cloud-dweb-providers/A core goal of the decentralized web, also known as dWeb, is to help people and organizations regain control of their computing and storage.Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-and-polygon-offer-decentralized-infrastructure-to-dapp-developers/https://akash.network/blog/akash-and-polygon-offer-decentralized-infrastructure-to-dapp-developers/Akash Network and Polygon join forces with a bounty matching program that offers the Polygon Ecosystem a path from traditional cloud to cloud providers on Akash Network. Akash’s peer-to-peer marketplace offers Polygon developers a cost-effective option to deploy and scale their applications and services while Polygon provides a starter kit to developers including instructions for hosting on Akash Network.Mon, 22 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-at-block2thefuture/https://akash.network/blog/akash-at-block2thefuture/Akash is heading to Block2TheFuture, the blockchain festival and token conference taking place on the USS Hornet in Alameda, CA on April 5-6. Yes, it is on a warship!Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-at-blockdev/https://akash.network/blog/akash-at-blockdev/As you may know, we are working hard to build Akash, the open, decentralized marketplace for cloud compute. As much as we are in product mode at the moment, we also love the opportunity to connect with the community, check out other exciting projects and discuss the ever-changing blockchain world.Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-at-ethdenver-2024/https://akash.network/blog/akash-at-ethdenver-2024/Connect with the Akash Core Team at ETHDenver.Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-at-the-silicon-valley-institutional-investors-meetup/https://akash.network/blog/akash-at-the-silicon-valley-institutional-investors-meetup/We are thrilled to share that Greg will be speaking at the upcoming Silicon Valley Institutional Investors event on Wednesday, April 11th. This event will feature a handful of discussions including how institutional investors are investing in the blockchain space and future trends of blockchain/crypto.Tue, 10 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-at-tokenfest/https://akash.network/blog/akash-at-tokenfest/Last month we attended the inaugural TokenFest held right here in San Francisco. We have become more familiar with the conference circuit having attended a handful of them this year alone.Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-community-contribution-program/https://akash.network/blog/akash-community-contribution-program/Discover how the Akash Community Contribution Program is transforming distributed collaboration by empowering everyday users to become high-impact contributors through structured pathways, community-owned projects, and real-world experience in open-source development.Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-decloud-for-defi/https://akash.network/blog/akash-decloud-for-defi/Finance—an industry that is expected to reach $26.5 trillion by 2020—is being disrupted at an atomic speed by its degenerate cousin, decentralized finance or simply DeFi.Tue, 08 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-decloud-from-phase-3-to-mainnet-2/https://akash.network/blog/akash-decloud-from-phase-3-to-mainnet-2/Through running three phases of The Akashian Challenge, one of the ecosystem’s most ambitious testnets, we’ve been able to gather data, identify critical issues, and ensure our network’s scalability, security, and usability before launching our DeCloud Mainnet 2.Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-decloud-mainnet-2-teaser/https://akash.network/blog/akash-decloud-mainnet-2-teaser/Five years ago, when my cofounder Greg Osuri and I set out to build Akash Network, we had previously worked as open source developers and experienced first-hand the constraints of centralized cloud service providers.Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-decloud-mainnet-overview/https://akash.network/blog/akash-decloud-mainnet-overview/Driven by increased consumer demand for throughput, a global surge of smartphones, rapid development of applications, and high DevOps server management costs, the cloud computing industry, projected to be a $370 billion market by 2022 (IDG 2019), is dominated by an oligarchy of four cloud service providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Alibaba Cloud).Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-insiders-spotlight-del-rey/https://akash.network/blog/akash-insiders-spotlight-del-rey/Today, we are featuring a profile of one of our Akash Insider community members—Del Rey, AKA "Instafinanzas." Del Rey will introduce himself in his own words, share his background, how he came to find Akash Network, and his experience with the Akash Insiders.Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-insiders-spotlight-rodrigo-rochin/https://akash.network/blog/akash-insiders-spotlight-rodrigo-rochin/Today, we are featuring a profile of one of our Akash Insider community members—Rodrigo Rochin, known on the Akash Discord as "Rodri." Rodrigo will introduce himself in his own words, share his background, how he came to find Akash Network, and his experience with the Akash Insiders.Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-insiders-the-spice-must-flow/https://akash.network/blog/akash-insiders-the-spice-must-flow/A community of trusted contributors supporting the Akash Network across development, education, and adoption.Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-integrates-kava-labss-usdx/https://akash.network/blog/akash-integrates-kava-labss-usdx/Today, we’re excited to announce an integration with Kava, the first cross-blockchain DeFi platform, to enable Kava’s stablecoin USDX as the first coin for fee settlement on Akash’s DeCloud platform. The integration with Kava will also enable Akash Token (AKT) to be used as collateral for USDX loans.Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-mainnet-14-the-core-overhaul-that-changes-everything/https://akash.network/blog/akash-mainnet-14-the-core-overhaul-that-changes-everything/Akash Mainnet 14 upgrades the network to Cosmos SDK v0.53, introducing JWT authentication, IAVL storage optimizations, expedited governance, multi-depositor escrow, and lease termination reasons. This foundational refactor removes legacy technical debt and accelerates innovation for the next generation of decentralized cloud computing.Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-mainnet-2-product-update/https://akash.network/blog/akash-mainnet-2-product-update/Akash MAINNET 2, the world’s first decentralized open-source cloud, has been five years in the making, and it’s only been two weeks since we launched on Monday, March 8th, 2021. The global community reception has been encouragingly positive, and we’ve been grateful for the pioneering developers who have deployed on the platform, and continue to help us improve the product experience.Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-mainnet-2-update-april-29-2021/https://akash.network/blog/akash-mainnet-2-update-april-29-2021/Akash MAINNET 2 v0.10.1 launched on March 8th, and since then, we’ve seen an exciting diversity of apps deployed on Akash, and we’ll be sharing many of these pioneering use cases in the coming weeks. We’ve had a 10x increase in deployments since the launch of MAINNET 2.Wed, 05 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-and-skynet-labs-provide-a-full-stack-for-the-unstoppable-web/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-and-skynet-labs-provide-a-full-stack-for-the-unstoppable-web/Everyone knows the term DeFi, but dWeb, or decentralized web, is still catching on in the lexicon of the mainstream press. What is the decentralized web?Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-and-solve-care-bring-true-patient-data-ownership-to-the-healthcare-industry/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-and-solve-care-bring-true-patient-data-ownership-to-the-healthcare-industry/Healthcare is a $7.98 trillion industry that impacts every one of us worldwide.Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-announces-integration-partnership-with-cosmostation-wallet/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-announces-integration-partnership-with-cosmostation-wallet/Decentralized cloud computing allows for a faster and more efficient user experience at a cost much lower compared to traditional cloud. Together with Akash Network, Cosmostation will work to give users access to the wide range of use cases enabled by DeCloud as a node operator securing the network and providing useful end-user infrastructures.Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-announces-partnership-with-lunie-wallett/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-announces-partnership-with-lunie-wallett/We’re very excited to have Akash as integration partners. Lunie benefits from a rich, diverse and engaged user base as well as strong stakeholders when it comes to networks and node operators.Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-at-singapore-blockchain-week-2020/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-at-singapore-blockchain-week-2020/With the launch of our Chinese community this month, we’re accelerating efforts across the Asian Pacific region. Today through Thursday, July 23rd, the Akash team is participating in Singapore Blockchain Week.Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-celebrates-largest-and-most-successful-testnet-with-14k-participant/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-celebrates-largest-and-most-successful-testnet-with-14k-participant/With 2,739 verified participants, over 3k+ submissions, and a KYC bill of tens of thousands of dollars, Testnet 3 has come to a close.Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-develops-critical-ibc-relayer-for-inter-blockchain-communication-protocol/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-develops-critical-ibc-relayer-for-inter-blockchain-communication-protocol/Blockchain’s wider adoption and acceleration has been limited by the scalability issue. There have been many efforts to solve the scalability challenge, including developing faster databases with hardware to increase transactions per second (TPS), and “sharding” the blockchain, where a chain's transactional load is split and distributed among a large quantity of network partitions (shards).Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-integrates-with-equinix-metal-to-provide-the-first-viable-decentralized-cloud-solution/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-integrates-with-equinix-metal-to-provide-the-first-viable-decentralized-cloud-solution/Today, we’re excited to announce that Akash Network is integrating with Equinix Metal and enabling developers and companies to decentralize their cloud infrastructure through Akash DeCloud Mainnet 2.Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-launch-chinese-community/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-launch-chinese-community/At Akash Network, our second largest audience is our Chinese audience, and Chinese visitors make up the second largest group of visitors to our website and communities. We’re also fortunate to have a number of Chinese investors and partners, including Outpost Capital, Hone Capital, Forbole, and Steven Fan of Tencent.Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-launches-akash-mainnet-2-the-first-decentralized-open-source-cloud/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-launches-akash-mainnet-2-the-first-decentralized-open-source-cloud/Today, we’re thrilled to announce the historic MVP launch of Akash MAINNET 2, the world’s first decentralized open-source cloud.Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-launches-korean-community/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-launches-korean-community/With a long history and familiarity with tokens and digital payments that has spanned decades, Koreans have been at the forefront of crypto adoption and growth. Korea has the highest percentage of citizens who use crypto, and the Korean government has made regulatory and investment commitments to expand the crypto/blockchain industry.Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-launches-russian-community/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-launches-russian-community/Outside of the US, Akash’s Russian audience is our second largest community. We’ve also been fortunate to have a number of Russian participants among the 106 validators in The Akashian Challenge, our incentivized testnet.Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-partners-with-certik-certik/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-partners-with-certik-certik/At Akash, we’ve been fortunate to partner with organizations who share our vision for an open, safe, and unstoppable cloud that unlocks capabilities for the data-driven technologies of the future.Thu, 22 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-partners-with-hashquark-the-worlds-largest-staking-service-provider/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-partners-with-hashquark-the-worlds-largest-staking-service-provider/We’re excited to announce a partnership with HashQuark, the largest Asian staking company and one of the world’s largest validators.Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-partners-with-kava-labs-to-provide-decentralized-hosting-for-the-ka/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-partners-with-kava-labs-to-provide-decentralized-hosting-for-the-ka/Akash Network has been selected by Kava Labs as the preferred distributed cloud hosting solution for the Kava Ecosystem. Akash began integration with Kava in September 2020, and continues to work closely with the Kava Labs team to support cross-chain DeFi applications and services.Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-product-update-developing-decloud/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-product-update-developing-decloud/With our Mainnet 1 launch and IEO on BitMax last month, we achieved key milestones to secure the Akash Network and achieve liquidity for Akash Token (AKT), developing a strong foundation for our platform.Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-provides-decentralized-cloud-and-100k-in-akt-prizes-for-sovrython-hackathon/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-provides-decentralized-cloud-and-100k-in-akt-prizes-for-sovrython-hackathon/In the past year, we’ve expanded our community of Akashians across the U.S., Europe, China, Korea, and Russia, and we’re thankful for the passion and contributions that our global community members have brought to our ecosystem.Tue, 18 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-provides-decentralized-cloud-to-the-largest-internet-of-things-iot-network-helium/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-provides-decentralized-cloud-to-the-largest-internet-of-things-iot-network-helium/Migrating the Helium blockchain's consensus group from hosted hotspots to validators is a major upgrade for scalability and performance. From the Foundation's perspective, we want to see Helium validators optimize for diversity of infrastructure and decentralization, which is why we're thrilled to have Akash in the Helium ecosystem.Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-q1-2026-report/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-q1-2026-report/In the first 90 days of 2026, Akash crossed an all-time high of $5 million in compute spend. A major tokenomics upgrade went from testnet to mainnet, a new product category came online with Homenode, and the agent meta arrived on decentralized compute.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-s-akash-token-akt-now-listed-on-bittrex-global/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-s-akash-token-akt-now-listed-on-bittrex-global/With its extraordinary growth over the last six months, we’re excited to welcome AKT to our platform. As the most trusted crypto exchange platform known for secure trading and digital wallet infrastructures, we’re proud to partner with Akash Network to make AKT available to our global community of traders.Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-sponsors-solana-season-hackathon-to-accelerate-web-3-defi/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-sponsors-solana-season-hackathon-to-accelerate-web-3-defi/Last year, we announced a partnership with Solana to bring web-scale smart contracts to Akash’s decentralized and open-source cloud (DeCloud).Tue, 11 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-to-integrate-chainlink-oracles-to-power-pricing-data/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-to-integrate-chainlink-oracles-to-power-pricing-data/Akash Network operates a decentralized exchange (DEX), which is at the core of matching buyers and sellers on our decentralized cloud computing marketplace. Initially, our native utility token, Akash Token (AKT), will be used to purchase cloud compute on our platform.Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-to-transition-from-lunie-to-cosmostation-wallet/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-to-transition-from-lunie-to-cosmostation-wallet/With our Mainnet 1 launch and IEO on BitMax in the past month, we’ve progressed key milestones to secure our network and achieve liquidity for Akash Token (AKT). To expand access and support for AKT, our team has engaged with a number of top ecosystem partners to add additional wallet solutions.Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-unlocks-persistent-storage-through-mainnet-3-upgrade/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-unlocks-persistent-storage-through-mainnet-3-upgrade/Mainnet 3, unlocked 🚀Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-network-validator-rewards/https://akash.network/blog/akash-network-validator-rewards/Akash employs a blockchain secured by a Proof-of-Stake consensus model, managed by 128 independent Validators. Validators perform the vital role of providing economic security to the Akash blockchain. To participate, validators ‘stake’ Akash tokens (AKT).Thu, 31 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-offers-up-to-100-000-in-grants-through-new-developer-grant-program/https://akash.network/blog/akash-offers-up-to-100-000-in-grants-through-new-developer-grant-program/Introducing the Akash Developer Grant ProgramWed, 04 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-partners-with-cosmoss-interchain-foundation-to-accelerate-development-of-inter-blockchain-communication/https://akash.network/blog/akash-partners-with-cosmoss-interchain-foundation-to-accelerate-development-of-inter-blockchain-communication/For blockchain based systems to gain wider adoption and achieve consumer scale in high growth industries like decentralized finance (DeFi), we need to quickly solve the scalability problems that have plagued the space since its inception. The industry, and our team at Akash, has tried many different approaches to solving this problem.Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-partners-with-solana-to-bring-web-scale-smart-contracts-to-supercloud/https://akash.network/blog/akash-partners-with-solana-to-bring-web-scale-smart-contracts-to-supercloud/Today, I’m excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Solana to bring web-scale smart contracts to Akash Supercloud. Akash provides a serverless platform where users can run any application currently running on the cloud while leveraging the benefits of decentralized computation enabled by the Akash blockchain.Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-q1-recap-updates/https://akash.network/blog/akash-q1-recap-updates/Greetings,Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-q4-2020-roadmap-update/https://akash.network/blog/akash-q4-2020-roadmap-update/We’re grateful for the continued support of our global community as we build the world’s first decentralized cloud marketplace.Wed, 26 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-token-akt-supported-on-emeris-the-portal-to-cross-chain-defi/https://akash.network/blog/akash-token-akt-supported-on-emeris-the-portal-to-cross-chain-defi/The Akash Token (AKT) is the utility token that powers Akash Network. It’s the primary method of settlement that enables users to buy and sell compute.Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-vs-the-grid/https://akash.network/blog/akash-vs-the-grid/At Akash, we do quite a bit of thinking,writing, and presenting on decentralized infrastructure. It’s our business after all – Akash is a decentralized marketplace and deployment platform for cloud compute.Wed, 30 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-adam-bozanich-and-anil-murty-of-overclock-labs/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-adam-bozanich-and-anil-murty-of-overclock-labs/Our guests on this week’s Akash Weekly With Greg Osuri - Greg Osuri, CEO & Co-Founder of Overclock Labs (creators of Akash Network). - Adam Bozanich, CTO & Co-Founder of Overclock Labs.Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-alani-kuye-overclock-labs/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-alani-kuye-overclock-labs/Akash Weekly With Greg Osuri — a live Twitter Spaces event held every Wednesday at 8am PT. Featuring Overclock Labs’ CEO & Co-Founder, Greg Osuri, and special guests from around the web3 space.Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-secret-network-and-moultrie-audits/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-secret-network-and-moultrie-audits/Welcome to another Akash Weekly from the team at Overclock Labs.Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-spaces-jun-29-2022/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-spaces-jun-29-2022/Akash Weekly Spaces is a regular effort hosted via Twitter Spaces to update our community about the ins and outs of Akash Network’s developments. Follow us on Twitter to be notified when Akash Weekly Spaces are live.Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-the-web3-regulatory-landscape/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-the-web3-regulatory-landscape/Welcome back to another issue of The Akash Weekly Newsletter from the team at Overclock Labs.Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-web3-working-group/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-web3-working-group/The battle of privacy vs. surveillanceFri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-august-updates-and-ali-merchant-on-the-akash-s-devel/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-august-updates-and-ali-merchant-on-the-akash-s-devel/Akash Weekly with Greg Osuri is our weekly community call hosted on Twitter Spaces. Each week, we cover the latest news and updates from Akash Network with our CEO, Greg Osuri.Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-blockpane-com-alter-and-the-process-of-developing-fo/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-blockpane-com-alter-and-the-process-of-developing-fo/Akash Weekly with Greg Osuri is our weekly community call hosted on Twitter Spaces. Each week, we cover the latest news and updates from Akash Network with our CEO, Greg Osuri.Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-chia-launches-bladebit-disk-beta-terraform-integrati/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-chia-launches-bladebit-disk-beta-terraform-integrati/Akash Weekly with Greg Osuri is our weekly community call hosted on Twitter Spaces. Each week, we cover the latest news and updates from Akash Network with our CEO, Greg Osuri.Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-comdex-and-cloudmos-are-building-the-future-of-cosmo/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-comdex-and-cloudmos-are-building-the-future-of-cosmo/Akash Weekly with Greg Osuri is our weekly community call hosted on Twitter Spaces. Each week, we cover the latest news and updates from Akash Network with our CEO, Greg Osuri.Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-julian-morales-from-vixello/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-julian-morales-from-vixello/Akash Weekly with Greg Osuri is our weekly community call hosted on Twitter Spaces. Each week, we cover the latest news and updates from Akash Network with our CEO, Greg Osuri.Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-july-13-2022/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-july-13-2022/Akash Weekly is a regular effort hosted via Twitter Spaces to update our community about the ins and outs of Akash Network’s developments. Follow us on Twitter to be notified when Akash Weekly's are live.Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-july-20-2022/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-july-20-2022/Akash Weekly is a regular effort hosted via Twitter Spaces to update our community about the ins and outs of Akash Network’s developments. Follow us on Twitter to be notified when Akash Weekly's are live.Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-july-27-2022/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-july-27-2022/Akash Weekly is our weekly community call hosted on Twitter Spaces. Each week, we cover the latest news and updates from Akash Network with our CEO, Greg Osuri.Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-july-6-2022/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-july-6-2022/Akash Weekly Spaces is a regular effort hosted via Twitter Spaces to update our community about the ins and outs of Akash Network’s developments. Follow us on Twitter to be notified when Akash Weekly’s are live.Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-masq-network/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-masq-network/Akash Weekly with Greg Osuri is our weekly community call hosted on Twitter Spaces. Each week, we cover the latest news and updates from Akash Network with our CEO, Greg Osuri.Fri, 16 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-messari-mainnet-spheron-token-unlocks-and-more/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-messari-mainnet-spheron-token-unlocks-and-more/Akash Weekly with Greg Osuri is our weekly community call hosted on Twitter Spaces. Each week, we cover the latest news and updates from Akash Network with our CEO, Greg Osuri.Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-the-importance-of-open-source-yieldmos-overview-and/https://akash.network/blog/akash-weekly-with-greg-osuri-the-importance-of-open-source-yieldmos-overview-and/Akash Weekly is our weekly community call hosted on Twitter Spaces. Each week, we cover the latest news and updates from Akash Network with our CEO, Greg Osuri.Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akashcraft-minecraft-on-the-first-decentralized-cloud/https://akash.network/blog/akashcraft-minecraft-on-the-first-decentralized-cloud/With the launch of Akash MAINNET 2, the world’s first decentralized open-source cloud, developers can finally break free from the limitations of traditional cloud infrastructure. For the first time, not only can developers deploy standard cloud applications, but they can also launch DeFi apps, blogs, games, data visualizations, block explorers, blockchain nodes, and other blockchain network components on a lower cost, censorship-resistant and scalable decentralized cloud.Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akashml-managed-ai-inference-on-the-decentralized-supercloud/https://akash.network/blog/akashml-managed-ai-inference-on-the-decentralized-supercloud/Akash has launched the first fully managed AI inference service built entirely on decentralized GPUs. AkashML eliminates operational friction, delivers 70-85% cost savings, and provides global low-latency access to open models like Llama 3.3-70B, DeepSeek V3, and Qwen3-30B-A3B.Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akt-token-launches-on-osmosis-the-first-decentralized-exchange-for-cosmos/https://akash.network/blog/akt-token-launches-on-osmosis-the-first-decentralized-exchange-for-cosmos/We’re excited to have Akash Network be one of the first launch partners of Osmosis. Akash Network enables a new generation of resilient, decentralized Internet infrastructure to be built, and Osmosis provides a gateway for anyone to take part in this decentralized economy.Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akt-token-lists-on-digifinex-exchange/https://akash.network/blog/akt-token-lists-on-digifinex-exchange/After an incredible 2020 of product, partnership, promotions, and people milestones achieved, our team is accelerating to the DeCloud in 2021! Next month, we’ll be launching Mainnet 2, the materialization of Akash DeCloud, the world’s first decentralized cloud, taking on the $370 billion cloud industry currently dominated by Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Alibaba Cloud.Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akt-token-now-on-digifinex-exchange/https://akash.network/blog/akt-token-now-on-digifinex-exchange/Today, we’re excited to announce that Akash Token (AKT) is now available on DigiFinex, a world-leading digital assets exchange.Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/akt-token-now-on-gate-io-exchange/https://akash.network/blog/akt-token-now-on-gate-io-exchange/Today, we’re excited to announce that Akash Token (AKT) is now available on Gate.io, one of the Top 10 digital asset exchanges in the world.Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/alerts-and-notifications-in-akash-console/https://akash.network/blog/alerts-and-notifications-in-akash-console/Get email alerts for low balances and deployment closures in Console.Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/an-evolution-of-akash-network-token-economics/https://akash.network/blog/an-evolution-of-akash-network-token-economics/Last fall, we released our Akash Network Token Economic Model, a system that leverages Akash Token (AKT), a native currency, to solve for volatility (one of the biggest challenges for adoption in crypto) while ensuring economic security of our public blockchain. In the paper, we presented various strategies to mitigate inherent adoption challenges that face an early market economy — lack of sufficient demand from the tenants (consumers of computing), which in turn hurts demand because of lack of supply.Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/an-invitation-to-akash-validators-genesis-10/https://akash.network/blog/an-invitation-to-akash-validators-genesis-10/With the cloud infrastructure market expected to exceed $198 billion by 2024 and an estimated 85% of server capacity in 8.4 million data centers underutilized, we started Akash Network to offer developers an open, permissionless, and secure cloud marketplace for unused compute cycles – in essence, a supercloud.Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/announcing-akash-advisor-brian-fox-creator-of-bash-shell/https://akash.network/blog/announcing-akash-advisor-brian-fox-creator-of-bash-shell/If you’ve ever used the GNU Bash, GNU Makeinfo, GNU Info, GNU Finger, GNU Echo, or GNU Emacs, chances are, you’ve heard of open source pioneer and innovator Brian Fox and have leveraged his ubiquitous and valuable open source contributions.Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/announcing-akash-mainnet-live-and-bitmax-ieo/https://akash.network/blog/announcing-akash-mainnet-live-and-bitmax-ieo/The primary listing of AKT is one of the most important projects of BitMax.io in Q3. BitMax.io applauds the Akash team for bringing a DeCloud alternative to the booming Cloud Service Provider (CSP) market.Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/announcing-incentivized-testnet-3/https://akash.network/blog/announcing-incentivized-testnet-3/A new dawn is upon us at Akash Network and on the horizon is our third Incentivized Testnet.Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/announcing-our-filebase-akash-hackathon-winners/https://akash.network/blog/announcing-our-filebase-akash-hackathon-winners/Together with Filebase and Akash, developers and enterprises can quickly migrate from centralized cloud services like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, onto a decentralized network of cloud providers at a reduced cost.Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/announcing-our-founding-member-challenge-winners-leaderboard/https://akash.network/blog/announcing-our-founding-member-challenge-winners-leaderboard/Four weeks ago, we launched the Akash Founding Member Rewards Program for early contributors to Akash’s testnet and community. The program involved 3 progressively difficult challenges along with bonus challenges, and contributors joined from all over the world, including the U.S., Korea, Japan, China, Europe, India, and South America.Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/announcing-our-third-founding-member-challenge/https://akash.network/blog/announcing-our-third-founding-member-challenge/Congratulations to those of you who completed the first two challenges of the Akash Founding Member Rewards Program! Today, we’re excited to announce the third and final challenge.Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/announcing-the-akashian-challenge-incentivized-testnet/https://akash.network/blog/announcing-the-akashian-challenge-incentivized-testnet/Akash means “open space, sky” in ancient Sanskrit. As a decentralized system, and the world’s first distributed peer-to-peer open cloud computing marketplace, our aim is to materialize the vision of an open cloud that’s as boundless and free as the sky.Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/announcing-the-akashian-challenge-phase-2/https://akash.network/blog/announcing-the-akashian-challenge-phase-2/After much anticipation, we’re excited to announce THE SHIP HAS LANDED for The Akashian Challenge Phase 2 DEX Operations! As a decentralized system, and the world’s first distributed cloud computing marketplace, we’re leveraging The Akashian Challenge incentivized testnet to gather data, identify critical issues, and ensure our network’s scalability, security, and usability for a strong mainnet. With 3,000,000 AKT in rewards, Supermini prizes, and 106 validators vying for 64 validator spots at Mainnet, Challengers will need to leverage their technical and social prowess to maneuver their way to victory.Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/announcing-the-skynet-hackathon-winner/https://akash.network/blog/announcing-the-skynet-hackathon-winner/In June, we announced an integration with Skynet Labs to provide the first full-stack decentralized web (dWeb) solution to handle backup, restore, and migration.Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/april-recap/https://akash.network/blog/april-recap/April was all hands on deck to launch Mainnet 3.Wed, 04 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/architecture-series-part-i-the-cloud/https://akash.network/blog/architecture-series-part-i-the-cloud/Everything we do today on the Internet leverages “the cloud.” The term has become so ubiquitous it can be hard to understand exactly what the cloud is, how it works, and how we interact with it.Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/architecture-series-part-ii-data-centers/https://akash.network/blog/architecture-series-part-ii-data-centers/Decades ago, your phone was at the end of a long copper wire. Your TV got its channels from another cable or perhaps a satellite, and your radio snatched AM or FM signals out of the air.Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/architecture-series-part-iii-innovating-kubernetes/https://akash.network/blog/architecture-series-part-iii-innovating-kubernetes/In today's increasingly centralized cloud computing market, there are two rising forces for decentralization. Kubernetes and blockchain combine the flexibility to use any hardware effectively with the ability to provide and price it fairly and transparently, creating a new cloud marketplace that could change everything.Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/automatic-escrow-top-up/https://akash.network/blog/automatic-escrow-top-up/Auto-funds Akash deployments to prevent downtime for credit card users.Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/battling-covid-19-with-blockchain-ai-and-cloud-computing/https://akash.network/blog/battling-covid-19-with-blockchain-ai-and-cloud-computing/We’re just beginning to experience the “new normal” of lockdowns, quarantines, and social distancing, of a complete disruption to our way of living and our way of working. Each week, we have more colleagues, neighbors, friends, and loved ones getting infected, or felled, by a virus we still don’t fully understand.Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/become-and-akash-founding-member-and-earn-token-rewards/https://akash.network/blog/become-and-akash-founding-member-and-earn-token-rewards/As the world’s first supercloud for serverless computing, Akash needs your support to materialize our vision of empowering the architects and builders of the internet with greater access, freedom, and efficiency to create products that improve the human experience.Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/billing-and-usage-analytics-in-akash-console-and-api/https://akash.network/blog/billing-and-usage-analytics-in-akash-console-and-api/Billing & Usage: credit card purchase history and analytics for Akash.Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/bootstrapping-a-free-market-by-borrowing-from-the-future/https://akash.network/blog/bootstrapping-a-free-market-by-borrowing-from-the-future/The survival of an early market economy depends on its ability to solve the cyclical dependency of demand and supply until a healthy equilibrium can be achieved to unlock its network effects.Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/brave-new-world-of-staking-a-primer-on-proof-of-stake-pos/https://akash.network/blog/brave-new-world-of-staking-a-primer-on-proof-of-stake-pos/Proof of Stake (PoS) mechanisms are steadily expanding in their use across a variety of blockchain applications. Superiority in their energy efficiency, lower barriers to entry, and governance aspects like a lower tendency for centralization make PoS an increasingly popular alternative to Proof of Work (PoW), which is leveraged to reach consensus in current iterations of Bitcoin and Ethereum, for example.Wed, 12 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/brev-dev-leverages-akash-networks-permissionless-gpu-infrastructure-to-seamlessly-scale/https://akash.network/blog/brev-dev-leverages-akash-networks-permissionless-gpu-infrastructure-to-seamlessly-scale/Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/building-an-sdxl-inference-app-on-the-akash-supercloud/https://akash.network/blog/building-an-sdxl-inference-app-on-the-akash-supercloud/In less than two years, AI diffusion models have improved exponentiallyMon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/building-the-open-cloud-part-2-re-imagining-the-cloud-with-akash/https://akash.network/blog/building-the-open-cloud-part-2-re-imagining-the-cloud-with-akash/This is the second entry in our four-part blog series. In this post, we build on our summary from Part 1, which focused on the key challenges in web3 infrastructure today.Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/building-the-open-cloud-part-3-the-growing-akash-ecosystem/https://akash.network/blog/building-the-open-cloud-part-3-the-growing-akash-ecosystem/By Anil Murty, Head of Product at Overclock Labs, and Alani Kuye, Technical Program Manager at Overclock LabsThu, 03 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/building-the-open-cloud-part-one/https://akash.network/blog/building-the-open-cloud-part-one/By Anil Murty, Head of Product at Overclock LabsWed, 05 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/building-the-supercloud-for-ai/https://akash.network/blog/building-the-supercloud-for-ai/The world’s compute needs are increasing exponentially. With the rise of AI and machine learning, chip manufacturers are experiencing unprecedented demand, straining the global supply chain that transforms sand into silicon.Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/ceo-statement-on-total-akt-token-circulation/https://akash.network/blog/ceo-statement-on-total-akt-token-circulation/Greetings Akashians, I hope you’ve been staying safe and well!Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/closer-to-the-future-of-the-cloud-in-2020/https://akash.network/blog/closer-to-the-future-of-the-cloud-in-2020/In an industry dominated by three cloud providers, the largest of which was featured in a galvanizing New York Times article this past December, we knew that we were taking on much larger incumbents, and a huge challenge, one that could shape the future of the cloud, and thus, the Internet. When we set out to build the Akash Supercloud, the world’s first decentralized peer-to-peer marketplace for cloud computing, we knew we’d be tackling technical problems that had never been confronted before to give developers, the builders of the future, more freedom, flexibility, and agency to create.Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/coldstack-partners-with-akash-to-expand-node-network-capabilities/https://akash.network/blog/coldstack-partners-with-akash-to-expand-node-network-capabilities/As Akash Network continues to scale and onboard new users contributing to Web 3.0, it’s important to have different storage options as the leading decentralized cloud infrastructure provider.Wed, 05 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/congratulations-to-founding-member-challenge-contributors-still-time-to-join-for-5500-akash-tokens/https://akash.network/blog/congratulations-to-founding-member-challenge-contributors-still-time-to-join-for-5500-akash-tokens/Congratulations to our Founding Member Challenge Contributors! With one week left to go, we’re excited to announce all those who have completed our Akash Founding Member Rewards Program 3 Challenges so far, and we encourage those who haven’t yet, to join now–you still have time!Mon, 09 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/console-api-for-credit-card-users/https://akash.network/blog/console-api-for-credit-card-users/API lets credit card users manage deployments, no blockchain knowledge needed.Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/cosmos-omnibus-launches-to-decentralize-blockchain-hosting/https://akash.network/blog/cosmos-omnibus-launches-to-decentralize-blockchain-hosting/The recently released Cosmos Omnibus helps to decentralize blockchain hosting by providing a simple way to set up and run any blockchain in the Cosmos ecosystem on the cloud provider of your choice. The Omnibus package includes all of the Docker images configuration to make deploying onto Akash Network easy and standardized for any Cosmos SDK-based blockchain.Wed, 07 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/crypto-101/https://akash.network/blog/crypto-101/Why Does Crypto Matter?Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/decentralized-ai-model-training-on-akash-with-flockio/https://akash.network/blog/decentralized-ai-model-training-on-akash-with-flockio/This case study outlines the integration between Akash and FLock.io that enables users to easily train AI models on decentralized compute.Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/decentralized-infrastructure-is-a-moral-imperative/https://akash.network/blog/decentralized-infrastructure-is-a-moral-imperative/As businesses across the globe adopt cloud-based infrastructure strategies, three providers (Amazon’s AWS, Google’s GCP, and Microsoft’s Azure) have solidified their positions as dominant players in the $247 billion-dollar cloud infrastructure market.Mon, 19 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/decentralized-serverless-computing-coming-to-cosmos/https://akash.network/blog/decentralized-serverless-computing-coming-to-cosmos/In a market expected to exceed $198 billion by 2024, the leading cloud providers–Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure–dominate the market with 56% market share, and this figure is expected to increase. This accelerated growth is tied to increased consumer demand for throughput and content, a global surge of smartphones, rapid development of web and mobile applications, and high costs of DevOps for on-premise server management.Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/deploy-onto-akash-setting-up-your-keplr-wallet/https://akash.network/blog/deploy-onto-akash-setting-up-your-keplr-wallet/This post was originally published by Anthony Rosa on Medium.Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/developing-decloud-product-update-2/https://akash.network/blog/developing-decloud-product-update-2/Yesterday, on Monday, November 30th, we announced our second exchange listing on BitMart, further expanding liquidity for AKT token, and launched Phase 3, the third and final phase of The Akashian Challenge incentivized testnet.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/developing-decloud-product-update-3/https://akash.network/blog/developing-decloud-product-update-3/Since my last Developing DeCloud Product Update in December, we ran and wrapped up two exciting and action-packed weeks of The Akashian Challenge Phase 3 Testnet, and we’ve been integrating the testnet learnings for development of Mainnet 2, the materialization of Akash DeCloud.Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/distributed-machine-learning-on-akash-network-with-ray/https://akash.network/blog/distributed-machine-learning-on-akash-network-with-ray/In this post we provide an overview of the challenge of trying to parallelize and scale AI and ML workloads in practice, briefly introduce the best open source framework available and in-use by leading machine learning teams (Ray), talk about why Ray is a great solution for running ML workloads on Akash Network, and provide a reference example and template for those looking to run a Ray cluster on Akash Network’s GPU supercloud.Sun, 28 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/dont-miss-the-unstoppable-stack-at-ifx2019/https://akash.network/blog/dont-miss-the-unstoppable-stack-at-ifx2019/Our team is excited to be heading to Las Vegas this week for Packet’s IFX2019 conference to connect with and learn from our peers in the cloud infrastructure ecosystem. Our CEO Greg Osuri will be presenting the Keynote session “The Unstoppable Stack” at 2pm to 2:30pm in the Great Hall.Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/earn-1000-tokens-and-the-akash-founder-level-2-badge/https://akash.network/blog/earn-1000-tokens-and-the-akash-founder-level-2-badge/Thank you for participating in the Akash Founding Member Rewards First Challenge! For those of you just tuning in, the Akash Founding Member Rewards Program is for early contributors to Akash’s testnet.Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/eliminating-cloud-cost-opacity-how-sigea-cloud-labs-rebuilt-enterprise-storage-on-decentralized-infrastructure/https://akash.network/blog/eliminating-cloud-cost-opacity-how-sigea-cloud-labs-rebuilt-enterprise-storage-on-decentralized-infrastructure/Sigea Cloud Labs deployed privacy-first cloud storage on Akash Network's decentralized GPU infrastructure, achieving cost efficiency, zero-knowledge security, and performance at scale while proving that enterprise-grade infrastructure no longer requires choosing between control, transparency, and economics.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/end-of-summer-update/https://akash.network/blog/end-of-summer-update/Following our mainnet 2 launch in March, this past summer was the first that we had a live, working product. Having a tangible product presented a whole new set of opportunities as well as learnings.Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/envision-labs-accelerates-generative-ai-on-akash/https://akash.network/blog/envision-labs-accelerates-generative-ai-on-akash/Envision was able to reduce total GPU spend by up to 30% by integrating Akash.Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/everyone-s-a-winner-in-the-sovrynthon-hackathon-sponsored-by-akash/https://akash.network/blog/everyone-s-a-winner-in-the-sovrynthon-hackathon-sponsored-by-akash/Every dev who submitted for one of our challenges at the Sovrython Hackathon, powered by Gitcoin won prizes up to $10,000. Sovrython was a 6-week long hackathon that invited developers from all chains to collaborate on decentralization/privacy, data science, integrations, and finance with a shared goal to accelerate the future of DeFi.Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/foundation-ai-model-training-on-akash/https://akash.network/blog/foundation-ai-model-training-on-akash/Towards the end of 2023, Overclock Labs (core team behind Akash Network) and ThumperAI (generative AI startup) decided to embark on a mission to train a foundation model on Akash GPUs.Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/from-deploying-on-akash-to-auditing-the-network/https://akash.network/blog/from-deploying-on-akash-to-auditing-the-network/IntroductionTue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/from-git-to-skynet-how-to-host-large-files-on-sia/https://akash.network/blog/from-git-to-skynet-how-to-host-large-files-on-sia/At Akash Network, we are always looking for amazing ways to use our network adjacent to technologies that align with our mission and vision of a true and complete decentralized web.Thu, 22 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/governance-101/https://akash.network/blog/governance-101/Blockchain technology is one of the most important innovations of our time. Although it has been around since the early 1990s, it isn't until now that many of us are seeing its real potential.Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/how-blockchain-is-transforming-cloud-computing/https://akash.network/blog/how-blockchain-is-transforming-cloud-computing/Today’s market for cloud computing is heavily consolidated, with the top 4 cloud service providers, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud dominating 70% of the entire market as of the end of 2019 .Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/how-flashback-labs-scaled-privacy-first-ai-on-akash/https://akash.network/blog/how-flashback-labs-scaled-privacy-first-ai-on-akash/Flashback Labs built a privacy-first AI platform that lets users create lifelike AI twins trained entirely on their own memories, photos, and life stories, powered by Akash Network's decentralized cloud computing marketplace.Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/how-nodeshift-accelerates-enterprise-ai-development-with-akash/https://akash.network/blog/how-nodeshift-accelerates-enterprise-ai-development-with-akash/Akash Network provides cost-effective, secure, decentralized cloud computing at scale.Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/how-to-access-and-provide-akt-token-liquidity-on-osmosis/https://akash.network/blog/how-to-access-and-provide-akt-token-liquidity-on-osmosis/As we shared last week, one of our primary goals is to unlock Akash Network’s acceleration and expand global access to Akash Token (AKT) without arbitrary access restrictions. That’s why we were excited to announce our first decentralized exchange listing of AKT on Osmosis.Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/how-to-access-chia-s-bladebit-disk-on-akash-network/https://akash.network/blog/how-to-access-chia-s-bladebit-disk-on-akash-network/Chia has launched the beta of their Bladebit Disk plotting software, which takes the high performance of the original Bladebit and adds flexibility to support plotting across a wide range of systems. With Bladebit Disk, a Chia user has greater flexibility to create plots according to their time and cost preference.Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/how-to-become-an-akash-provider-in-20-minutes-or-less/https://akash.network/blog/how-to-become-an-akash-provider-in-20-minutes-or-less/The Praetor team is determined to continue adding value to the Akash ecosystem, and the greater Cosmos ecosystem. For starters, they have improved the Akash provider onboarding experience by reducing onboarding time by over 83%.Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/how-to-create-an-x509-certificate-in-browser-for-fun-and-profit/https://akash.network/blog/how-to-create-an-x509-certificate-in-browser-for-fun-and-profit/From start to finish, this guide will show you how to create a valid x509 certificate at Akash Network, with ECDSA SHA-256 in Browser.Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/how-to-create-nft-plots-on-akash-with-chia-network/https://akash.network/blog/how-to-create-nft-plots-on-akash-with-chia-network/Hello Akashian’s, I'm Andrew Mello, the new Head of Mining Partnerships at Akash where I support mining communities' migration to the dWeb. With a shared vision for decentralizing storage on Web3, Akash is pleased to announce a partnership with the Chia (XCH) team.Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/how-to-deploy-on-akash-network-using-authz/https://akash.network/blog/how-to-deploy-on-akash-network-using-authz/AuthZ is a feature that allows one wallet to spend the funds in another wallet, up to a specified limit.Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/how-to-mine-pkt-faster-on-the-world-s-first-decentralized-cloud/https://akash.network/blog/how-to-mine-pkt-faster-on-the-world-s-first-decentralized-cloud/Mining cryptocurrency on the cloud is much easier than building your own hardware. Cloud hosting usually comes at a higher cost and requires contracts, and service providers can charge extra fees for bandwidth usage.Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/huobi-pool-partners-with-akash-network/https://akash.network/blog/huobi-pool-partners-with-akash-network/In the cryptocurrency world, Huobi needs no further introduction, and Huobi Global Exchange is renowned around the world as one of the top two crypto exchanges.Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/ibc-what-you-need-to-know/https://akash.network/blog/ibc-what-you-need-to-know/Welcome to IBC 101. In this blog, together we’ll explore what IBC is, how it works and why it’s important, but first, why should you care?Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-adam-wozney-akash-senior-global-community-manager/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-adam-wozney-akash-senior-global-community-manager/A marketplace for cloud compute is interesting by itself, but with crypto economic incentives, you have unique and powerful motivation for leaving traditional cloud providers. I feel like I’m joining a rocketship that’s about to lift off.Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-akash-provider-console/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-akash-provider-console/The Akash core team is excited to announce the general availability of Akash Provider ConsoleTue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-akash/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-akash/This week we introduced The Akash Network to the world with a press release and the open sourcing of our software. You can learn about Akash to your heart’s content by visiting our site or reading our light paper (a friendly version of the traditionally-impenetrable crypto whitepaper), so I’ll dispense with a long description of Akash to focus instead on something more metaSun, 25 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-artur-troian-senior-software-engineer/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-artur-troian-senior-software-engineer/“I'm excited to join Akash to help achieve 100% utilization of all cloud compute resources around the world.” Our vision is to enable architects and builders of the internet greater freedom to improve the human experience. This week, we’re excited to welcome an incredibly talented architect and builder, Artur Troian, to our team.Wed, 13 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-boz-menzalji-general-manager/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-boz-menzalji-general-manager/Across every function at Akash, from engineering, to partnerships, to marketing, one Akashian has made a profound impact in the way we collaborate and scale.Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-cheng-wang/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-cheng-wang/Cheng is one of the most creative, curious, and articulate thinkers in the world of finance. We’re incredibly excited to have Cheng leverage his extensive financial and operational experience from Wall Street, to digital commerce and ensure Akash has healthy liquidity and scale to support our ambitious growth goals. - Greg Osuri, CEO Akash NetworkThu, 09 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-credit-card-payments-in-akash-console/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-credit-card-payments-in-akash-console/It’s now easier than ever to deploy on the Akash Supercloud with seamless credit card payments.Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-developer-specific-workflows-in-akash-console/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-developer-specific-workflows-in-akash-console/Get started with a deployment in Akash Console using four new ways to easily get up and running.Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-ip-leases-on-akash-network/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-ip-leases-on-akash-network/Overclock Labs, the parent company of Akash Network which is developing tools, protocols, and infrastructure that support the evolution and adoption of Web3, is excited to announce the general availability of “IP Leases” on Akash Network.Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-our-first-vp-of-engineering-chanda-dharap/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-our-first-vp-of-engineering-chanda-dharap/As we barrel ahead towards Mainnet 3, estimated for the end of April 2022, we’re continuing to scale our team and fill integral roles that will help take product-market fit to the next stage in its maturity.Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-steph-bernstein-finance-operations-manager/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-steph-bernstein-finance-operations-manager/I was incredibly impressed with the team behind Akash Network and what they’ve already accomplished as an early-stage startup. I’m excited to have a front-row seat to witness the way Akash’s intersection of cloud computing, blockchain, and cryptocurrency will change the Internet as we know it.Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-the-akash-student-ambassador-program-a-new-chapter-for-decentralized-cloud/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-the-akash-student-ambassador-program-a-new-chapter-for-decentralized-cloud/We're launching the Akash Student Ambassador Program to bring decentralized cloud computing to campuses across the U.S., empowering the next generation of builders to shape the future of open-source infrastructure.Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/introducing-the-permaweb-hackathon/https://akash.network/blog/introducing-the-permaweb-hackathon/When you buy an NFT how do you know it is going to be around in 20 years? Who is paying to store it?Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/mainnet-4-upgrade-timing-resources-and-more/https://akash.network/blog/mainnet-4-upgrade-timing-resources-and-more/this post will be updated with news, updates, and links to resources throughout the day.Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/mainnet-5-upgrade-instructions-release-notes-and-more/https://akash.network/blog/mainnet-5-upgrade-instructions-release-notes-and-more/Akash Network has successfully upgraded to Mainnet 5. The upgrade took place this morning and was completed in ~22 minutes.Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/mainnet-8-gpu-visibility-upgrades/https://akash.network/blog/mainnet-8-gpu-visibility-upgrades/As the proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI applications has come to a head, large corporations and agile startups are still struggling to secure access to high-performance GPUs.Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/mainnet-launch-update/https://akash.network/blog/mainnet-launch-update/As our CTO Adam Bozanich shared in his Mainnet Overview article last Thursday, Mainnet is the beginning of Akash DeCloud, our decentralized cloud marketplace. By enabling staking and governance, it will unlock value for the network, and accelerate growth for our community.Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/march-recap/https://akash.network/blog/march-recap/March 2022 was completely focused on all things Testnet 3, a necessary step to launching Mainnet 3 v0.16.Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/monthly-update-january/https://akash.network/blog/monthly-update-january/Even though we started off 2022 with a bear market, this has been one of the strongest months not just for Akash Network, but for the Cosmos ecosystem as a whole.Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/multi-cloud-explained/https://akash.network/blog/multi-cloud-explained/It’s the start of 2022 and the hiatus from self-hosted solutions to cloud-based deployments will continue to roar. The “cloud” is an IT and computer science term to describe the amalgamation of global servers which can be leased out to end-users, developers, and organizations.Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/my-testimony-as-an-expert-witness-for-the-first-ever-blockchain-bill-ab-2658-introduced-in-the-state-of-california/https://akash.network/blog/my-testimony-as-an-expert-witness-for-the-first-ever-blockchain-bill-ab-2658-introduced-in-the-state-of-california/The most significant hurdle for blockchain today is legislative as US companies today face an uncertain legal regime. Regulators need tools that only legislators can provide.Tue, 10 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/overclock-labs-joins-forces-with-cloudmos-to-advance-the-akash-supercloud/https://akash.network/blog/overclock-labs-joins-forces-with-cloudmos-to-advance-the-akash-supercloud/As the world’s demand for compute surges, Akash Network and its community are constantly expanding. The network is always looking for ways to support its most committed contributors, who are invaluable in growing the network’s capabilities.Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/overclock-labs-july-2022-recap/https://akash.network/blog/overclock-labs-july-2022-recap/Our team at Overclock Labs is hard at work building the future of the decentralized cloud, and the results are showing. Here is a look back at our major milestones for July 2022.Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/overclock-labs-november-2022-recap/https://akash.network/blog/overclock-labs-november-2022-recap/As we close out November, here is a recap of the past month for Overclock Labs and Akash Network.Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/overclock-labs-october-recap/https://akash.network/blog/overclock-labs-october-recap/As we close out the month of October, here is a look back at our accomplishments over the past month.Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/partner-profile-dacm/https://akash.network/blog/partner-profile-dacm/We were excited about Greg and team's experience and knowledge of the market--even down to customer-by-customer granularity. We like to invest in teams that can build great tech but just importantly help drive usage of it.Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/partner-profile-simply-vc/https://akash.network/blog/partner-profile-simply-vc/We're excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Simply VC to help us build the future of the decentralized cloud.Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/partner-profile-trg-capital/https://akash.network/blog/partner-profile-trg-capital/As a former basketball coach, you look at people to fulfill the offense and defense you’re trying to play - can the people you select on your roster execute this plan? Even though I left the basketball world four years ago, it is still a part of me the way I see people, how teams operate, and how they can work together to achieve success.Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/passage-leverages-akash-to-launch-the-first-virtual-world-on-permissionless-gpus/https://akash.network/blog/passage-leverages-akash-to-launch-the-first-virtual-world-on-permissionless-gpus/The demand for decentralized compute is growing fast as total global cloud spending is projected to surpass $1 trillion.Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/passage-reduces-cloud-spend-by-50-with-akash/https://akash.network/blog/passage-reduces-cloud-spend-by-50-with-akash/Passage empowers brands and creators to host engaging, immersive virtual events that captivate audiences and foster real connection.Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/prime-intellect-integrates-permissionless-akash-gpus/https://akash.network/blog/prime-intellect-integrates-permissionless-akash-gpus/Today, high-performance GPUs from the Akash Supercloud, including NVIDIA H100, A100, and more, have been added to the Prime Intellect platform.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/product-roadmap-2022/https://akash.network/blog/product-roadmap-2022/Since the launch of Akash Network, a distributed peer-to-peer marketplace for cloud compute, we’ve been hyper-focused on stability while pursuing product-market fit. We’re excited to have achieved both in under six months since the launch.Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/provider-console-earnings-api/https://akash.network/blog/provider-console-earnings-api/The new Provider Console Earnings API gives Akash providers powerful insights into their revenue, with secure access and easy integration for custom dashboards.Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/public-cloud-is-a-public-utility/https://akash.network/blog/public-cloud-is-a-public-utility/The Akash Network was created approximately two years ago to decentralize cloud infrastructure and put it in the hands of the people. It's now run by a network of globally distributed node operators who secure the Akash blockchain and provide cloud-grade server space for tenant applications.Thu, 12 Jan 2023 09:05:24 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/q2-2022-update-for-akash-roadmap/https://akash.network/blog/q2-2022-update-for-akash-roadmap/At the beginning of this quarter, the Akash core team published an ambitious roadmap, the Akash Roadmap 2022. Now we are at the end of our first quarter, here's is an update on how we are progressing through the roadmap.Mon, 20 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/q4-2023-recap/https://akash.network/blog/q4-2023-recap/The demand for compute to power large language models (LLMs) and other applications has surged, resulting in record...Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/q4-2025-report/https://akash.network/blog/q4-2025-report/If the state of Akash in Q3 2025 was defined by Messari as a period of "steady growth and technical preparation," Q4 became the forge in which the Akash Network was truly tested and redefined.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/reducing-cloud-costs-for-machine-learning/https://akash.network/blog/reducing-cloud-costs-for-machine-learning/The full global economic impact of the coronavirus is hard to put into words or fancy graphs. At best, we can guess with some degree of confidence what a multi-trillion dollar stimulus package and unlimited money printing will do in the mid and long term to prop up the economy.Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/roadmap-2025/https://akash.network/blog/roadmap-2025/Introducing Akash's Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond as the Network Expands to Agent-Centric InfrastructureTue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/running-vllm-on-akash/https://akash.network/blog/running-vllm-on-akash/Learn how to save money by replacing closed-source AI models like GPT-4 by running the leading open-source LLM's on Akash with vLLM.Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/scaling-the-supercloud/https://akash.network/blog/scaling-the-supercloud/A year of growth and adoption for Akash in 2024 and the vision for 2025 and beyondThu, 09 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/serverless-is-bigger-than-faas/https://akash.network/blog/serverless-is-bigger-than-faas/There is a growing excitement in the developer community around the serverless paradigm, an idea that lets developers to deliver workloads without provisioning or managing servers.Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/six-trends-transforming-cloud-computing-in-2020/https://akash.network/blog/six-trends-transforming-cloud-computing-in-2020/At Akash, we’ve been working at the intersection of cloud, blockchain, and the edge, and this coming year it’s exciting to see technologies we’ve long championed achieve broader adoption and transform multiple industries. Overall, there is a movement to sovereignty–of platform, technology, data, privacy, and cost.Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/snz-joins-akash-network/https://akash.network/blog/snz-joins-akash-network/Based out of China, one of the largest global centers for crypto, SNZ progresses their mission to empower blockchain projects, through their SNZ hub - a network of global top tier venture capitalists, state-of-the art blockchain technologies, and diverse crypto communities. Founded by passionate engineers, blockchain evangelists, and entrepreneurs, SNZ has a long track record of supporting disruptive technologies to accelerate a new era of decentralized applications.Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/successfully-testing-the-first-open-source-supercloud/https://akash.network/blog/successfully-testing-the-first-open-source-supercloud/Over 1,300 people from around the world signed up to participate in the Akash GPU Testnet. This three-week public beta test was the first real-world demonstration of GPU compute being distributed with the open-source Akash Supercloud. The Supercloud concept was initially theorized by Cornell University and MIT, before being practically applied in the Akash Network whitepaper.Mon, 14 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/supermini-update/https://akash.network/blog/supermini-update/We have an important announcement today, but first, I want to give a brief update on how Akash Network is progressing. We are seeing strong and consistent growth since releasing Akash’s distributed peer-to-peer marketplace for cloud compute in March.Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-incentivized-testnet-live/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-incentivized-testnet-live/Node Operations today. Phase 1 is the start of our three phase incentivized testnet challenge that will take place over the next eight weeks, with 3,000,000 Akash Tokens (AKT) at stake, and special prizes like our Akash Supermini. Use your technical and strategic prowess to out-maneuver opponents on your way to ultimate victory!Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-live-stream-this-friday-may-22nd/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-live-stream-this-friday-may-22nd/With participants from around the world, The Akashian Challenge is set to be the largest testnet since Cosmos’ Game of Stakes.Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-1-centauri-release-update/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-1-centauri-release-update/With 185 registrants from around the world and 3,000,000 AKT at stake, The Akashian Challenge Phase 1 is underway!Tue, 05 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-1-cygni-release-announcement/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-1-cygni-release-announcement/Quick facts about The Akashian Challenge Incentivized TestnetThu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-1-eridani-release-announcement/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-1-eridani-release-announcement/With 211 Teams and 91 Active Validators (for 64 spots at Mainnet), The Akashian Challenge is now the largest testnet in the Cosmos hub since Cosmos’ Game of Stakes.Last week, our testnet withstood an AWS outage that brought down the centralized cloud (and internet). It also weathered a massive zero fee transaction attack.Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-1-sirius-release-update/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-1-sirius-release-update/With 3,000,000 AKT rewards and Supermini prizes at stake, the competition is heating up as we enter Sirius, the second release of Phase 1.Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-2-close-update/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-2-close-update/In Phase 2 of The Akashian Challenge, we enabled end-to-end functionality of our network by completing the migration from Tendermint to Cosmos SDK. We set out to test the performance of the Akash Network decentralized exchange (DEX).Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-2-is-live/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-2-is-live/Last week, we shared an overview of The Akashian Challenge Phase 2, including the Challenge Schedule and Rewards Schedule. Phase 2 will encompass 3 weeks of challenges, 600,000 AKT rewards, and special prizes.Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-2-week-2-chaos-is-a-ladder/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-2-week-2-chaos-is-a-ladder/During the first two days, high traffic on the Phase 2 network caused a transaction completion issue and P2P inconsistencies. We addressed this by stopping the order flow and restarting the network from a new genesis.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-3-rewards-overview/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-3-rewards-overview/Inspired by ecosystem projects from our partners and friends, such as Cosmos Game of Stakes, Solana Tour de Sol, and Kava Founder Rewards, The Akashian Challenge enables you to explore our decentralized cloud and help us strengthen and secure our platform.Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-3-start-guide/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-3-start-guide/Anxious to flex your technical chops next Monday November 30, 2020 when The Akashian Challenge Phase 3 Testnet goes live?! With 500,000 Akash Token (AKT) in rewards, and participants joining from around the world, The Akashian Challenge Phase 3 Incentivized Testnet is the final phase of one of the ecosystem’s most successful testnets, and includes a series of guided tasks and open-ended challenges.Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-3-teaser/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-3-teaser/As the world’s first decentralized peer-to-peer cloud computing marketplace, our vision is to materialize a permissionless, sovereign, and open cloud where architects and builders have greater freedom to expand the human experience.Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-3-week-1-is-live/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-3-week-1-is-live/Akashian Challengers have landed, and The Akashian Challenge Phase 3 Week 1 is officially LIVE!!!Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-3-week-2-live/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-phase-3-week-2-live/Are you ready Akashian Challengers?!Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-token-rewards-prizes-schedule/https://akash.network/blog/the-akashian-challenge-token-rewards-prizes-schedule/Last Thursday, we announced open registration for The Akashian Challenge, our incentivized testnet. With a sprawling challenge that encompasses three phases over eight weeks, and massive token rewards-- 3,000,000 Akash Tokens (AKT) or 3% of the 100,000,000 AKT that will ever be pre-mined at genesis--, the competition has attracted registrations from individuals and teams from around the world. Inspired by ecosystem projects from our partners and friends, such as Cosmos Game of Stakes, Solana Tour de Sol, and Kava Founder Rewards, The Akashian Challenge enables us to strengthen the scalability, security, and usability of our platform, and help us grow a vibrant and robust community.Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-economics-of-akash-network-and-token/https://akash.network/blog/the-economics-of-akash-network-and-token/With 8.4 million data centers, an estimated 85% of server capacity underutilized, and accelerated global demand for cloud computing, Akash aims to create efficiencies in the cloud hosting market through algorithms for allocating compute resources that go to waste in the current market.Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-fast-evolving-ai-landscape/https://akash.network/blog/the-fast-evolving-ai-landscape/It’s barely 3 months into 2023 and it is clear that AI is going to dominate the tech space this year, and very likely this decade, by a wide margin (over Web3, Cloud, Mobile or anything else in the past couple decades). If you are in techTue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-permissionless-shortcut-why-ambassador-program-are-the-new-web3-internship/https://akash.network/blog/the-permissionless-shortcut-why-ambassador-program-are-the-new-web3-internship/Student ambassador programs have evolved from niche experiments into the primary engine of global ecosystem scaling. With over 20 active programs recruiting globally right now, we aren't looking at a trend. We are looking at a fundamental restructuring of how human capital is scouted and deployed.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-rise-of-decentralized-compute/https://akash.network/blog/the-rise-of-decentralized-compute/Explore the issues in Web2 cloud computing, discover Akash Network's decentralized solution, and learn about adoption barriers in the evolving tech space.Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-rise-of-tokens-in-blockchain/https://akash.network/blog/the-rise-of-tokens-in-blockchain/What is a Token?Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-supercloud-for-ai-is-live/https://akash.network/blog/the-supercloud-for-ai-is-live/Starting today, Akash is launching capabilities for its Supercloud to offer GPUs - The network now supports NVIDIA GPUs, with options for others such as AMD in the future - The network has successfully hosted NVIDIA H100s and A100s, plus a range of consumer-grade GPUs - Access to consumer-grade GPUs is one way the Akash Supercloud stands apartThu, 31 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-cloud-partner-profile-forbole/https://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-cloud-partner-profile-forbole/“Start at any time. We are all learning and developing something new for the next generation, so never think that you are too late.” - Kwun Yeung, Cofounder Forbole We’ve been fortunate to partner with leading companies and teams who share our vision for an open, safe, and unstoppable cloud that enables the creators of the future more freedom to build, and gives people sovereignty over their data.Tue, 12 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-december-2020/https://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-december-2020/As more of our work and play continues to transition to the cloud, the need for a more flexible, scalable and lower cost cloud has never been greater.Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-july-2020/https://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-july-2020/This past month was a month of acceleration for Akash. After completion of a successful Phase 1 of The Akashian Challenge, our incentivized testnet, we launched the 3 weeks long Phase 2 to test and demonstrate the decentralized exchange features of our cloud platform.Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-june-2020/https://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-june-2020/We've had a month of milestones! Last week, we concluded Phase 1 of The Akashian Challenge, our incentivized testnet, with 99 active validators from around the world, and moved closer to the launch of our mainnet.Thu, 11 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-march-2021/https://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-march-2021/The migration of work and life to the cloud, accelerated by the pandemic, as well as the centralization and consolidation of big tech, validates the need for a decentralized and open alternative to centralized cloud.Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-may-2020/https://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-may-2020/We’ve witnessed how our centralized systems, organizations, and governments were slow to coordinate and share life-saving information during the pandemic. We’re seeing more of the ways we connect and collaborate move to the cloud.Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-october-2020/https://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-october-2020/At an accelerating pace, we find more of the ways we connect, play, transact, and work transitioning to the cloud. Developers and organizations need cloud computing and services that enable greater scale, flexibility, and price performance to meet this global demand for throughput and content.Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-q1-2021/https://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-q1-2021/“Hello World!”Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-september-2020/https://akash.network/blog/the-unstoppable-update-september-2020/This month, our team will be closing out an incredibly productive Q3 with the realization of our Mainnet, launching next week on Friday, September 25th.Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/web3-is-welcome-on-akash-network/https://akash.network/blog/web3-is-welcome-on-akash-network/It’s time to move to the open cloud.Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/week-in-review-with-greg-osuri-nov-14th-nov-18th-2022/https://akash.network/blog/week-in-review-with-greg-osuri-nov-14th-nov-18th-2022/This weekly recap series covers the ecosystem updates you’re used to hearing in our Akash Weekly Twitter Spaces in around 500 words. This is the fastest way to get a weekly rundown directly from the Founder & CEO of Overclock Labs — Greg Osuri.Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/week-in-review-with-greg-osuri-nov-7th-nov-11th-2022/https://akash.network/blog/week-in-review-with-greg-osuri-nov-7th-nov-11th-2022/The governance proposal is currently out for voting and is on track to pass with a 99%+ “yes” vote.Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/week-in-review-with-greg-osuri-oct-31st-nov-4-2022/https://akash.network/blog/week-in-review-with-greg-osuri-oct-31st-nov-4-2022/Welcome to our new blog update series. This brief weekly rundown will cover the ecosystem updates you’re used to hearing in our Akash Weekly Twitter Spaces in around 500 words.Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/wen-marketing-growing-the-first-open-source-cloud/https://akash.network/blog/wen-marketing-growing-the-first-open-source-cloud/Wen Marketing?Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/what-burn-mint-equilibrium-means-for-akash/https://akash.network/blog/what-burn-mint-equilibrium-means-for-akash/Explaining Akash burn-mint economics and why it matters.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/why-akash-network-a-primer-on-the-first-decentralized-cloud-marketplace/https://akash.network/blog/why-akash-network-a-primer-on-the-first-decentralized-cloud-marketplace/The Market Landscape for Cloud ComputingTue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/why-levangie-labs-chose-akash-to-power-the-first-semi-autonomous-ai-organization/https://akash.network/blog/why-levangie-labs-chose-akash-to-power-the-first-semi-autonomous-ai-organization/Levangie Laboratories built cognitive architecture that enables AI agents to operate independently, learn from experience, and adapt to organizational needs without human intervention—powered by Akash Network's decentralized compute marketplace.Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://akash.network/blog/winners-of-the-akash-solana-hackathon/https://akash.network/blog/winners-of-the-akash-solana-hackathon/We’re excited to announce that every hacker who submitted a project at the Solana Season Hackathon won a prize of $1,000 or more. Seven hackers entered; seven won prizes 🥳Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT