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Re:Protecting your capital during a war by xorcist on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:44AM (#26063712)
If it is a valid threat model I don't know, but there are people streaming Bitcoin blocks over satellite for this very reason. So it is likely two islands of the network would be reconnected, provided that any one node is relaying blocks in this way.
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Re:Protecting your capital during a war by vslira on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:02AM (#26063868)
I'd really like to see a serious analysis about the viability of a government, or an alliance of governments, to block / split the btc blockchain.

I find it hard to believe the US couldn't really do it if it wanted to, or even China (since most btc is mined there), but details like these make me wonder. Does anyone have any interesting material to read regarding this?

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