Re: What will happen to the Bitcoin network if Russia blocks access to the internet?

Russia is considering shutting down the internet connection to the rest of the globe. What will occur? Is the hash rate decreasing? What will happen if the connection is re-established in a few years?

Possibly Putin might not have thought of the implications on the other side because as at now, situation of their economy system is bad not to talk of how their currency was devalued, most bitcoin investors leaving the country to seek for a new start, although the effect does not have anything to do with the hash rate as i believe most of the miners too would have seek to relocate to a safety location.

In Russia, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram have been very quickly turned off lately. Now they intend to turn off the Internet completely. The first thing to ask is, what is the purpose of this?
The Putin regime wants to prolong its existence by hiding from its people the course of the war in Ukraine and the heavy losses of Russians in manpower and equipment, so that the indignation of the people does not turn into destructive riots with the overthrow of power. Putin does not care about his people, and the economy, and the Internet, and cryptocurrency. He is doing everything he can to keep in power a little longer. Stupid, insane old man... Coffins all the same massively went to all corners of Russia.

Your problem is that you believe the news that publishes the wrong information. These services work in Russia, they are blocked for some providers, and for some they work even without VPN. VPN allows you to use all foreign services. Also, all blocked VPN services work in Russia.

The point is not how well Putin and his entourage are able to block the population's access to objective information, including about the progress and results of the war of conquest they unleashed in Ukraine. The very fact that such unprecedented measures for civilized countries are applied in Russia is important. And information about a possible shutdown of the Internet in Russia, most likely, indicates that the measures taken earlier did not achieve the desired effect. Apparently, they will not dare to turn off the Internet in Russia, since information about the events in Ukraine is rapidly spreading in the regions of Russia, and this extreme measure becomes meaningless.