๐Ÿ”ฅ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—™๐—จ๐—— ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†!๐Ÿ”ฅ

You know what that means: ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜œ๐˜‹! ๐ŸฅŠ

This weekโ€™s FUD:

โ€œ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ฝ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™š๐™จ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ?โ€

Youโ€™ve ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ heard that one before, right? ๐Ÿ˜†

Youโ€™ll likely hear it again some day, so be sure to ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ this!

Hereโ€™s the truth โฌ

Bitcoin does ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ rely on the internet. Yes, it uses the internet because itโ€™s the most convenient tool for communication, but Bitcoin can still operate without it.

Bitcoiners are intent on building the money of the future, and that includes preparing for ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ contingency. ๐™‰๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š is more dedicated to keeping Bitcoin up and running than those with skin in the game.

A couple methods for using Bitcoin offline are @OPENDIMEs and @SATSCARDs. These are physical items that hold a private key thatโ€™s linked to a preset amount of sats, so they can be exchanged as easily as paper money.

Other options include radio signals, satellites, mesh networks, and any other communications medium available. Bitcoin transactions are just data thatโ€™s verified by math, so anything that can transmit data can also send bitcoin.

If thereโ€™s a local internet outage, then it will be difficult for some Bitcoin users to send or receive funds. But ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ, then your bitcoin will be there waiting for you when connections are reestablished.

If an internet outage is somehow global, then we have much bigger problems to deal with. But even then, Bitcoin data can still be transferred by other means, and the whole network can restart from where it left off, once internet service has been restored.

Bitcoin is ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต resilient network in history, and itโ€™s growing stronger every day. Internet outages may slow it down a little and be an inconvenience for some, but even that wonโ€™t be able to stop it.

There will ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด be ways to keep Bitcoin running, even in a complete catastrophe. You just need to familiarize yourself with the necessary tools for using it offline. Teaching you about those tools is why Iโ€™m here.

What do you think? ๐Ÿ˜

Did I thoroughly bust that FUD?

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ‘ and ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐Ÿ”– this tweet.

Seen this FUD somewhere recently?

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ”„ this with them!

Think you can write a better answer?

Tell me in the ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ below ๐Ÿ‘‡

5๐™† ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต 24 ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด!

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