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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Bitcoin is immortal
by
fruktik
on 18/02/2025, 05:06:03 UTC
Bitcoin is a piece of code, it has no life essence and can kickstart anytime someone wants to boost it.  Even if it stopped for some time as long as there is someone or some group that is willing to support the network, Bitcoin will never cease to exist.  It can be hard for the government to totally shutdown the Bitcoin network but as the early reply said, Bitcoin is not a stand-alone application to run, it still needs a device, connection, and power to move the network in solving blocks.  Unless all is fully automated Bitcoin's existence is tied to human activity.

So instead of saying Bitcoin is immortal, I believe it is more appropriate to say that Bitcoin is quasi-immortal.
How can you call Bitcoin immortal when you just need to turn off the electricity. How will it exist then? This is a rhetorical question. There are still many places on the planet where there is no electricity. How will people use it there? They most likely do not even know about its existence. civilization has not yet reached them. And these are not some tribes in the Amazon River. For example, in Nepal there are many villages where there is no electricity, but people live there.

No, the time has not yet come when you can calmly talk about the immortality of Bitcoin. This is more like a utopia.