What Happens to Bitcoin if the Internet Goes Down for a Week?

Could Bitcoin keep going with stuff like mesh networks or satellites if the internet crashes completely? Seems like a wild scenario, honestly.

Yeah but this idea that the whole internet is gonna just disappear... can we even take that seriously? Sounds like a stretch to me.

True that, if the web goes down, folks will have bigger issues than their Bitcoin. Life would be chaotic. Plus, alternative solutions will pop up, right?

Right? We’ve moved past the point of total internet shutdowns. If it’s just for a week, I think Bitcoin would just chill until the net comes back.

Stop spamming this thread! This is getting old, man. You keep asking the same hypothetical stuff.

If the internet goes off, sure areas might be down, but Bitcoin won’t just stop. Transactions could still happen in some ways, like using mesh networks or satellites.

Always these doomsday predictions... If the internet crashes, everything else does too. As long as the latest Bitcoin nodes are intact, we can ride it out.

Right, not really gonna happen though. SpaceX-style internet will keep us connected somehow, so this scenario is pretty unrealistic.

Bitcoin stays in our wallets regardless. Just like it would go into a 'freeze' state. No one’s making moves till the net’s back, but it’s still there.

Exactly, transactions would halt but the blockchain doesn’t vanish. It’ll just pick up where it left off. Anyway, this won’t happen.

There are cool wallet cables and satellites giving us internet. We’re not in a situation where both suddenly fail. That’d be chaos everywhere.

Dude, Blockstream satellites exist. If miners use those, some blocks would still get created. Your hypothetical isn’t foolproof!

Why ask this again? It feels like we’ve discussed this a million times. I get it, curiosity, but come on, look at old threads.

Yeah, totally unrealistic. But I hear radio waves can transmit Bitcoin data even without internet. Still, it’s unlikely we’d see a real shutdown.

Sure, mesh networks could be slower and have privacy issues, but Bitcoin could still operate. We’ve got options, even if they’re not perfect.

So many ways exist globally to solve this if needed. Satellites can provide stable internet way better than regular services.

Yeah, Bitcoin will still be there, but it’ll be mid-freeze mode till the internet comes back. The blockchain is solid.

Even if a big war breaks out, the net will stay up somewhere. Realistically, not all places would lose connectivity at once.

If the net dies for a bit, transactions freeze for that time. But when it’s back, people just resume where they left off. No drama.

Sure, it’ll pause. But the network itself won’t disappear; just a short downtime for transactions until everything syncs back up.