If the internet goes down suddenly, what will happen to you and Bitcoin?

[SeeBiscuit]

I think a better question would be what would happen to the world.

If the entire internet would shut off for even one second, it would be like asking what would happen if the sun disappeared for one second.

[bitmover]

We know that Bitcoin is easier to access using the internet, including all transaction needs... however, that doesn't mean Bitcoin can't be transacted without the internet.

If you look at the impact of the internet on cryptocurrencies today, it is huge. And what happens if the internet is lost???
Will you regret owning Bitcoin now? And will you fall into poverty seeing that your assets cannot be sold on any exchange?

This would basically be an apocalypse. Even money in banks would be inaccessible.

Hlwever , you will still own your bitcoin without internet.

Your private key is just a number. You can still sign transactions without internet. 
When internet comes back, you could spend it.

[Stompix]

It seems to me that a world without the internet would become a pretty apocalyptic place (at least for a while), but people would adapt as always. Of course, this would have indescribable implications for Bitcoin and anything else that depends on the internet, but I hope it will not come to that - because if something like that were to happen, it would probably be a consequence of some global natural disaster or a new world war. In that case, what will be most valuable is food, water, medicine and means of self-defense.

Apocalyptic? I think it's a bit of an exaggeration!
You remember probably that in the 90 in all of ex warsaw pact states we basically had no internet, there were 40 million users in 1995 most of them in the US, yet the world was still pretty advanced, of course, it would be bad for companies and communications but it's not going to be that damaging to civilization.
To the comfort of our life, that is a different story, no internet, no access immediately to information, no online payments, back to phone calls, going through 100 shops to find a thing you can order now with a click, it's going to be a nightmare.
But a shortage of food, no, all the farms in my region including my family's one will keep going, it will be a pain in the ass to talk with suppliers and distributes but we're back 10 years only!

Hlwever , you will still own your bitcoin without internet.
Your private key is just a number. You can still sign transactions without internet. 

Let me bet on 99% of users having to google "how to sign a transaction"....

[Z-tight]

I think a better question would be what would happen to the world.

This is exactly how i see it, if this somehow happens, BTC will be in the smaller picture. Almost everything we do these days, we do it through the internet, so it is simply just the same as taking the world many years backward.

People talk about 'internet failure' and immediately mention BTC, yeah it can't work without the internet, but so does many other things we use in the world today.

[bitmover]

Hlwever , you will still own your bitcoin without internet.
Your private key is just a number. You can still sign transactions without internet. 

Let me bet on 99% of users having to google "how to sign a transaction"....

How will they Google without internet.?

[vegasus]

We know that Bitcoin is easier to access using the internet, including all transaction needs... however, that doesn't mean Bitcoin can't be transacted without the internet.

If you look at the impact of the internet on cryptocurrencies today, it is huge. And what happens if the internet is lost???
Will you regret owning Bitcoin now? And will you fall into poverty seeing that your assets cannot be sold on any exchange?

What does this mean if the internet goes down forever or only temporarily?
If it's forever, then that will be the end of the online world, not just crypto. But if it's just for a short time because of distractions, so be it. Think of it as taking a short break from the rigors of the crypto market. And come back again in a fresher condition. This will make us ready. the important thing is not to panic, right?

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Hlwever , you will still own your bitcoin without internet.
Your private key is just a number. You can still sign transactions without internet. 

Let me bet on 99% of users having to google "how to sign a transaction"....

How will they Google without internet.?

I bet for a moment he forgot that you'll need internet to access Google services, lol.

Honestly, life's gon be really hard for everyone, rich or poor, if the internet is to disappear, even for a week, there's gon be chaos, because the internet is an inevitable part of everyone's life.

[bhadz]

We know that Bitcoin is easier to access using the internet, including all transaction needs... however, that doesn't mean Bitcoin can't be transacted without the internet.

Not easier but it is a requirement.

If you look at the impact of the internet on cryptocurrencies today, it is huge. And what happens if the internet is lost???
Will you regret owning Bitcoin now?

Why would I regret owning BTC just because internet is lost? I won't, I'll just patiently wait since there is no condition to this situational post of yours that it's lost forever, so my choice is going to wait for it to be back.

And will you fall into poverty seeing that your assets cannot be sold on any exchange?

That's why patience is a virtue and I will wait for that. I don't wanna be poor. 

[bitmover]

Hlwever , you will still own your bitcoin without internet.
Your private key is just a number. You can still sign transactions without internet. 

Let me bet on 99% of users having to google "how to sign a transaction"....

How will they Google without internet.?

I bet for a moment he forgot that you'll need internet to access Google services, lol.

Honestly, life's gon be really hard for everyone, rich or poor, if the internet is to disappear, even for a week, there's gon be chaos, because the internet is an inevitable part of everyone's life.

Life would be  crazy without internet.

Even the banking system would not work perfectly , and many people would have problems to get their fiat money.
We have so many 100% digital banks...

Even books are online now...

[Stompix]

Hlwever , you will still own your bitcoin without internet.
Your private key is just a number. You can still sign transactions without internet. 

Let me bet on 99% of users having to google "how to sign a transaction"....

How will they Google without internet.?

Exactly!
That's one of the reasons a shutdown of the internet will kill crypto, because even if you try to find a way you will still need not only knowledge you can't search for but also basic information, how will you know the address to which you will sign the tx,, imagine the pain in the ass writing message with addresses and amounts.....
Oh, wait, how do you decide how much a coin is worth? 

I bet for a moment he forgot that you'll need internet to access Google services, lol.

That was the joke!
It's actually from a cartoon where the internet goes down and the first thing they try to do is search on their smartphones for "what to do when the internet is down".

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Will you regret owning Bitcoin now?

I do not think anyone will have time to regret for what they had including paper notes. In a world when there will be no internet means you are edge of the time. The world is destroyed by a meteorite or nuclear blast destroyed the word. You are surviving in the underground, farming vegetable to live.

[jeraldskie11]

We know that Bitcoin is easier to access using the internet, including all transaction needs... however, that doesn't mean Bitcoin can't be transacted without the internet.

If you look at the impact of the internet on cryptocurrencies today, it is huge. And what happens if the internet is lost???
Will you regret owning Bitcoin now? And will you fall into poverty seeing that your assets cannot be sold on any exchange?

There are ways to access Bitcoin without internet but if ever the internet will disappear for months or years, the price would still the same or there might be a slight changes until internet came back again. Not only Bitcoin will get affected but most of the company around the world, in no hesitation all of us get affected. But I don't think having no internet is possible as it really need in our modern way of living.

[Agbe]

We know that Bitcoin is easier to access using the internet, including all transaction needs... however, that doesn't mean Bitcoin can't be transacted without the internet.

If you look at the impact of the internet on cryptocurrencies today, it is huge. And what happens if the internet is lost???
Will you regret owning Bitcoin now? And will you fall into poverty seeing that your assets cannot be sold on any exchange?

I can vividly remember in 2022 when Facebook was down for about 7 hours. Even Mark Zuckerberg the owner of Facebook loss a lot of money and those who using Facebook ads to do business also loss enough. And if the internet is down then not only that people will lose but things will spoil as well. Bitcoin is a digital currency so if the network is down it will only delay the payment and transaction process. And just like normal bank network. There are times when we went to the bank, there is no network so we have to wait so it might not affect much. But when this forum and BTT is down for several hours or days then business activities will be badly affected.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

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Even books are online now...

Everything is literally online nowadays, even the little things we made use of offline are not online.

Usually, whenever we wish to buy stuffs, we'd just drive to the mall or restaurant or market to get them, but now, everything's gone digital, you can now sit at the comfort of your home and buy anything, nationally and and even internationally, which is even a lot more convenient and and less stressful and more preferable to people now.

[Faisal2202]

We know that Bitcoin is easier to access using the internet, including all transaction needs... however, that doesn't mean Bitcoin can't be transacted without the internet.

If you look at the impact of the internet on cryptocurrencies today, it is huge. And what happens if the internet is lost???
Will you regret owning Bitcoin now? And will you fall into poverty seeing that your assets cannot be sold on any exchange?

Here in my country I have faced a trailer of it. Because we were out of the internet for a week due to political influence and due to lack of internet ( Cellular network only) we were not able to do our task. We could only use WiFi provided by the government authorities like Fiber Optics etc. Then we faced another trailer of this when there was an electricity outage in our whole country like for 2 to 4 days.

Net and mobile were off even the banks were closed due to an outage of electricity and Internet. At that day I needed some funds but due to no electricity and network, I was not able to withdraw. Then I realized that what would happen when I would be in sever need of funds and there would be no electricity all over the place. Things can really become bad really fast. That's why I prefer we should hold onto fiat (in cash) as well.