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Blockchains can still operate on decentralized P2P internet even if the main internet is shut down.

• zitterbewegung 6y ago
  You would still have to rely on one person still having access to the internet.
• rank0 6y ago
  This is not at all a practical solution. How much "decentralized P2P internet" infrastructure do you think there is in Uganda? Hell even in the US its virtually nonexistent. Which P2P internet should I use? IPFS? Helium? Any of the other blockchain internet vaporware? Any Blockchain operating in a small region would have no resiliency, be vulnerable to 51% attacks, and diverge significantly from the original internet ledger.
  • toolz 6y ago
    It's not practical until it is - having your internet shutoff isn't practical either, but with that barrier put into place a lot of things become quickly more practical, relatively speaking.
    • cronix 6y ago
      As they say, necessity is the mother of invention.