Isn't that a beautiful system of concensus ?

well lets suggest some realistic risks then

And if those nodes get cut off from the world, what good does that do?

@RyeNorth most currency is digital now

Oh, I know.

It troubles me.

What if? But it hasn't happened. 2009 to today..

times change

It hasn't happend in 10 years, so it will never happen. right?

how is losing access any different than a bank freezing your account? except you can find access to the internet, even if its hard. bank freezes your account? you are done.

what exactly is it that can happen?

@NativeInterface basically losing internet access forever

@Grenade123 I don't understand how I'm losing access.

@Graylan | gray00 if you lose internet access

That is how you are naive.

yeah if we permanently lose internet we may be in even bigger trouble than being poor

lose connection to your wallet and the chain

nodes don't work if the packets cannot be delivered because ICANN or the ISP refuses to do so

I have backup nodes. Different internet providers . As the others do.

Agreed, but it's not a thing that's impossible to happen.

counldnt you just tunnel

@Graylan | gray00 thats not the point, the point is if you lose access.

lets look at people who have been cut off from internet then

think of if suddenly a bitcoin node cannot get packets at all because their IP address is blacklisted

Yeah and if bank of America gets hacked you lose your money too.

is it even possible by the way to completely cut someone off and they have no way to gain access at all?

indeed my point

through an internet cafe or a friend or whatever

@NativeInterface icann can do that

or bank of america decides it doesn't like your speech and freezes you out

Also the point invalidates itself.

Public access points + vpns

Well, there have also been court orders in the past

can we point to a person who as been uninterneted and they have no way of getting online anywhere?

yes

There's precedent for revoking that right.

So centralized network vs decentralized.

Well some people that violate the law

Its in their plea

no, its very hard to do that. @NativeInterface

How easy is it to wipe data in 30 counties.