Bitcoin can survive the cutting of 72% of the world’s underwater cables, but a targeted attack on five hosting providers could cripple it.
The Bitcoin network has been running non-stop since 2009. The question that no one had rigorously answered until now was what it would actually take to break it. Researchers at the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance last week published the first longitudinal study of the Bitcoin blockchain’s resilience to physical infrastructure disruptions, analyzing 11 years […]










