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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Could Bitcoin still exist if the internet was shut down worldwide for a week?
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free-bit.co.in
on 05/09/2025, 14:07:40 UTC
I doubt governments will act in unison and shut down the whole Internet. Not only it's impossible, but it would also disrupt online businesses and services. It would be complete chaos. Definitely not worth the effort. Fingers crossed an individual or corporation runs Bitcoin nodes in space to avoid this kind of situation. One can only hope...

That is impossible, governments will never let that happen because it will cause extremely serious consequences and damage to the global economy.

Remember the CrowdStrike incident in 2024 that left over 8.5 million Windows devices offline. The result was a series of incidents and disruptions from government agencies, airlines, hospitals and banks, all of which were forced to shut down and fall into chaos. Although there are no official reports, damage estimates run into billions of dollars. Imagine what would happen to our economy if the global internet stopped working. Therefore, a global Internet shutdown is almost impossible.