facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp Are Down - But Bitcoin is as strong as ever !!!

[ariyzt]

i dont think that case related to bitcoin especially when bitcoin as cryptocurrency
Facebook family of app went down because there is problem on their server

[ShowOff]

i dont think that case related to bitcoin especially when bitcoin as cryptocurrency
Facebook family of app went down because there is problem on their server

People should have topic to discuss even it is not related  as long they support bitcoin, i will do it too and say bitcoin is strongest technology between all "what mentioned" by OP. But actually blockchain technology itself already strong, that is why a lot of aspects adopted it.

[CoinChili]

There were a glitches with the facebook and whatsapp but they were not down because we can still access them until now. Also, some reported errors such as they cannot access their photo albums and messenger  in facebook but just for a temporary. Anyway, bitcoin is still uncomparable with those. They have different preferences, no need to compare btc with those apps.

[kelz1]

Centralised control will always be doomed to the occasional failure, so much for their facebook coin which will probably crash as well. Bitcoin hasn't crashed in the last 10 years - excl price ofc

[samycoin]

Bitcoin is different to those social media because it's centralize unlike to bitcoin that have server. So even many years we used bitcoin it will not crashed unlike to Facebook it always log and in the future it will failed if they can't manage it well. Socila media need improvement so it will not loggy.

[BitHodler]

Centralised control will always be doomed to the occasional failure, so much for their facebook coin which will probably crash as well. Bitcoin hasn't crashed in the last 10 years - excl price ofc

Well, what happened in 2017 with the fees wasn't all that positive, so that could technically be seen as downtime as well. If you wasn't able to pay $30 in fees, you would have to wait over a day for your transaction to confirm.

Admittedly, Ethereum dealt with the same problems, but that doesn't change anything about the fundamental problem that comes with how severely limited decentralized networks are in terms of scalability.

The situation improved for Bitcoin, but still, with enough network congestion we'll be having the same problems. More people entering this space means more network congestion--we're only a bull run away from high fees.

[creeps]

the incident that happened some time ago has indeed been questioned about the quality of the company owned by the mark. bitcoin has been on a reliable network, maybe only the confirmation time has experienced a delay, but that can be avoided by using a fee for customs transactions.

Its questionable but I guess its normal since we also experience a server down sometimes just like what’s happening on some exchanges before where DDos are so active. Well, bitcoin is bitcoin its a good technology but we must also anticipate a problem like this that can occur in the future especially the market continues to grow.

[Tamilson]

i think you don't know, bitcoin is available via satellite too

Well, it still under development and we can't still be certain that it will be use.

With what happened from this major sites it just show how vulnerable a centralization that could actually harm our privacy thus the incident was just nothing but a mere manipulation.

[xWolfx]

This kind of occurrence will make us appreciate the power of blockchain technology and decentralization. There is a huge difference between this two. This is one of the reasons why the gaint social platforms will consider incorporating the blockhain technology into their system.

This is precisely the kind of answer i was looking for. It also explains the reason why the person opened up this thread.

Blockchain is a lot more reliable than the regular networks we are using right now. It can still be improved for sure, but the more talented individuals working on it the faster it will improve of course.

They should definitely at least start to consider the possibility of a future Blockchain implementation even if partial.

[plvbob0070]

I agree with others. Don't get the point of comparing bitcoin to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp since they're different.
Other thing that makes them different is the three are centralized and sometimes it sucks especially when encountering such problems like what happened. But I dont think they'll just shut down that easy since they're big and lot of people are using it. During the time, there's a problem with the said apps, some people just went to twitter.
But yeah, long live for bitcoin!

[mich]

Although I see where you are going with this an attempted bump, doubt the price will go up based on social medias being down.
Just as these social medias has been down, Bitcoin transaction fees can skyrocket up to prices not worth of doing the transactions.
So granted Bitcoin is alive and well but myself any many others dont send Bitcoin unless the transaction price is low
1 Satoshi/vbyte | 0.00001 BTC/KvB  is ideal

[Fredomago]

for the time being these three social media have been smooth, BTC has experienced a significant increase of around 3%, this could be a signal that BTC will continue towards not until the end of the year

Well yes, just a little issue but might already been fixed by the owner,  on the other hand Bitcoin still making it's way trying to recover a little and make some good run, the industry still yet to explode and the expected bull isn't around yet, still have time to buy and store while waiting for the next ride.

[vv181]

Bitcoin indeed might have 100% or 99.9999 uptime, but it doesn't close the possibility the network has a problem. Just remember the last year Bitcoin transactions fees are tremendously rising, and the network are clogged up. An uptime doesn't indicate the underlying technologies are working thoroughly and flawlessly. I mean Bitcoin is a brand new revolutionary technology, it needs time to be continuously developed.

[Slow death]

when such gaints can run into a problem, what makes you think they can't be shut down ?


LONG LIVE BTC, 100% UPTIME

I do not understand why you are comparing bitcoin to this social network. At the moment bitcoin has not yet been legalized in all parts of the world and has thousands of people who still do not use bitcoin, so losing time comparing with social networks is not something productive

with the bitcointalk community losing one third of its members in one month i rather consider bitcoin the index, and the market becoming a death husk

Your post history shows that you only post against bitcoin, I wonder what you still do in this forum? What do you intend?

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Agree! I believe that Bitcoin has just begun.

I hope you stay here in the forum and that you continue doing more post constructive and that help the forum. unfortunately many people create accounts only to make 1 post

[TheCoinGrabber]

Guys come on, this was just a maintenance according to them. It's not the first time this happened. Actually nice those apps went down for a while so people can look up from their phones.

This got me thinking though if blockchain is suitable for a social media platform.

[kingpin4321]

Facebook, instagram or any other social media platform being down has nothing to do with bitcoin and it's prices.
Besides social mediums are not coins in the cryptocurrency world

[bitbunnny]

I really can't see hoe Facebook and Instagram are connected to Bitcoin in this particular case. The fact that these networks were down has nothing to do with Bitcoin and its value, so why mixing the facts and making the confusion. That is how the fake news appear.

[Digitalbitcoin]

when such gaints can run into a problem, what makes you think they can't be shut down ?


LONG LIVE BTC, 100% UPTIME

Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp Are Down, But Bitcoin is as strong as ever just because of the difference between platforms and technology used.

Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp are mainly connected to the main server, which leads these services towards centralization, But while considering Bitcoin technology and platform it gives completely innovative solutions.

Bitcoin is completely standalone from other third-party services, rather it's an invention.

Bitcoins is purely based on the peer-to-peer network which is connected to the nearest node to get the latest updated data copy, which verified and securely stored by other nodes. These nodes are independent entities which carry whole data of blockchain within themselves.

[dr.cheema]

I have not faced any problem using Facebook or whatsapp but many users faced problems on fb, insta and whatsapp.
I am not very familiar with facebook and insta maybe that's why i haven't feel any issue in these social platforms.
Yeah Bitcoin getting more stronger day by day and very soon Facebook will adopt blockchain.    

[Mpamaegbu]

when such gaints can run into a problem, what makes you think they can't be shut down ?

LONG LIVE BTC, 100% UPTIME

In as much as I want to believe the blockchain tech has come to stay I want to disagree that Bitcoin is 100% hassle free. Just like programming, every invention has its teething problems once in a while. Bitcoin experienced its hiccups in 2017-2018 when the network got clogged up and there were logs of transactions unattended to and mining fees were hiked up. How could anyone ever forget those crazy days of Bitcoin.