🌐 It’s Takedown Tuesday — DNS: The Achilles’ Heel of the Internet Today, half the internet went dark. The largest DNS provider, Cloudflare, went down — taking X, ChatGPT, and thousands of major sites with it. Truly decentralized blockchains like $BTC $DGB $LTC $DASH & a handful of others kept going with no issues. If 1 company can cause global outages, we’ve built the internet on very centralized, fragile ground. --- ### 🧩 What is DNS? **DNS (Domain Name System)** is the internet’s phonebook — it translates names like “ into IP addresses like “192.0.2.1”. When DNS fails, websites tied to those names vanish — even if their servers are fine. That’s why I’ve said for years (and in my book *Blockchain 2035*): 👉 DNS is the Achilles’ heel of the Internet. --- ### ⚠️ Why It Matters for Crypto If your “crypto” service requires a domain name, website login, or Terms of Service — it’s not decentralized. When DNS breaks, so does your access. Real blockchains like $BTC $DGB & a few others run directly over **P2P TCP/IP** — node to node, no DNS, no middlemen. That’s *true decentralization.* --- ### 💡 Today’s Lesson Centralized DNS made half the internet disappear. Peer-to-peer networks kept running. If you can’t reach your wallet or exchange because a domain failed, you’re not sovereign — you’re renting access. Run your own blockchain full node. Connect P2P. When the web goes dark, truly decentralized blockchains will keep running. #Bitcoin #DigiByte #Litecoin #Dash