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.
Did I not say
quasi-immortal? I did not say Bitcoin is immortal, I even make the word quasi-immortal bold and underlined it to emphasize.
So instead of saying Bitcoin is immortal, I believe it is more appropriate to say that Bitcoin is quasi-immortal.
I even state the reason why I said so which align to what you are saying to me in your reply.. (see the bolded part)
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.
How will it exist then?
Did not my post that you quoted answer this already?
Unless all is fully automated Bitcoin's existence is tied to human activity
There are still many places on the planet where there is no electricity. How will people use it there?
This statement does not mean other part of the world cannot use Bitcoin, or can say Bitcoin does not exist because other part of the world has no electricity. We are talking about the activity of Bitcoin, is it operating or not even if those part your stated has no electricity. This does not prove that Bitcoin is dead or not operational because there are part of the world that has no electricity or internet.
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.
Does not affect the uptime of Bitcoin. The only thing that affect the uptime of Bitcoin is power interference, the internet connection and the hashing power that solves the block continously. As long as these factor is present, regardless whether the electriciy covers only a small part of the world, the Bitcoin uptime will continue.
That said I believe you are talking about the accessibility and not the uptime/operation of Bitcoin network.