Quote from: coinerer on May 28, 2023, 12:54:00 PM

Quote from: ormatr on May 12, 2023, 06:48:22 AM

I am facing a real world issue that prevents me from using Bitcoin.

I live in Pakistan and for last three days cellular internet service all across the country is suspended because of prevailing law and order situation. Internet is working on fixed line connection that is reaching homes. So there is still some connectivity available.

If government shut down internet service even on fixed line connection then there will be complete internet blackout in the country and in that situation we cant use bitcoin.

I think this is also one of limitation of bitcoin that we need internet to use it.

Bitcoin is not the only currency or the only medium that is completely dependent on the Internet. In this Technologically world almost everything is impossible to do without internet. And everything from government data repositories has become completely dependent on the Internet. So there is no way to shut down the internet and the government will never do it. So there is no reason to worry about it. yes it is true that without the internet Bitcoin would not exist. but in today's era, this universe cannot run without internet

I don't consider what the OP said as a threat to bitcoin because the internet is not only important for bitcoin but important for the whole world. Up to the present time, most of our professions, jobs as well as our daily living needs need the internet. Without the internet, our world would go back to the stone age, and it would take us thousands of years to rebuild from scratch without the internet. I don't believe that just because the government wants to destroy bitcoin, the government makes that stupid decision. I'm not really worried about that at all.