> What happens if there’s a targeted attack against Bitcoin and the network goes down or gets compromised? The only answers I’ve ever heard are “that’s very unl

> What happens if there’s a targeted attack against Bitcoin and the network goes down or gets compromised? The only answers I’ve ever heard are “that’s very unlikely to happen”, which is not an answer. Serting aside the value of bitcoin in particular for the moment, that is a totally reasonable response in my reading. It deconstructs the question instead of answering it (which of course implicitly gives an answer...), but that's totally valid. If it is indeed extremely unlikely to happen, then you shouldn't worry about it. Then the counter is whether or not they're right in that assessment- plus all the other risks and drawbacks of bitcoin as you brought up already.