What if the internet permanently shuts down

[Marykeller]

I'd love to be enlightened better on why it can be impossible that the internet can never be permanently shutdown, having in mind the shortcomings that I've mentioned?

We would have considered what you just inquired about, the global internet shutting down if everyone on the planet uses the same network provider. In this instance, though, it would be impossible for us to begin making such assumptions because each nation has its own network providers that offer internet connectivity to its citizens.

The only place where the internet would ever shut down would be a nation at war. Whereby internet service providers to those nations at war opt to quit the nation because of the conflict

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[puloweh555]

I'll focus on finance, so I'm thinking what will happen to the bitcoin inside wallets, what will happen to every fiat currency in bank accounts, if everything erases as a result of internet total breakdown? Who do we hold responsible? I know that the internet technology is manmade, therefore it can not be hundred percent immune to faults and external attacks. And what if there is that less than one chance of it being faulty or compromised, what if that less than one  chance happens,? what will be the fate of the world that mainly depends on it to get things done? I'm no tech guru or a prophet of doom, but this are my thoughts and fears on the matter, although I sincerely hope that I'm very wrong on these thoughts.

I'd love to be enlightened better on why it can be impossible that the internet can never be permanently shutdown, having in mind the shortcomings that I've mentioned?

Currently the whole world is very dependent on internet needs. Starting from education, work and the internet-based economy, it is impossible if the world's internet has problems or is permanently down. Even if it happens as OP said, there's no need to worry, there will definitely be many people trying to revive the internet because the entire banking world also uses the internet.

There is no need to worry too much about bitcoin if the internet goes down because our assets will remain safe, just like our data when the smartphone battery runs out, when the battery is charged and turned on again. , the data is never lost, and neither are bitcoin assets.

[Sophokles]

Currently the whole world is very dependent on internet needs. Starting from education, work and the internet-based economy, it is impossible if the world's internet has problems or is permanently down. Even if it happens as OP said, there's no need to worry, there will definitely be many people trying to revive the internet because the entire banking world also uses the internet.

There is no need to worry too much about bitcoin if the internet goes down because our assets will remain safe, just like our data when the smartphone battery runs out, when the battery is charged and turned on again. , the data is never lost, and neither are bitcoin assets.

As you have said, the internet has become an essential need for the world and shutting it down globally must have been because of something so massive that the government can not prevent it. If such an event occurs, it won't be possible for any person or group of people to revive it. Although all the governments will co operate with each other to fix the problem so that the connection can be reestablished as soon as possible.

[BitDane]

I'd love to be enlightened better on why it can be impossible that the internet can never be permanently shutdown, having in mind the shortcomings that I've mentioned?

I find a good read on why the internet will be impossible to permanently shutdown as long as it is not the end of the world, it can be found here: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/is-it-possible-to-turn-off-the-internet-worldwide

The article stated that:

There isn’t a single connection point that all the data flows through, and the internet protocol was specifically designed so that data finds a route around parts of the network that are down.

the government can ban access or reroute the access in their jurisdiction but this kind of action does not shuts down the internet but rather the action is just diverting or preventing the access to a site.

Here is another explanation from another site:

How could the internet crash?
As the internet isn’t a centralized system originating from a single point, it’s very hard for one single thing to crash the entire thing.

source: https://surfshark.com/blog/what-if-internet-shut-down

It needs a lot of resources and effort to crash a single site, but internet as stated does not originate from a single point.  As the destruction of internet site is being executed by people who wanted to shut down the internet permanently, the destroyed site are getting repaired thus, making the destruction of the internet effort in vain.

[AYOBA]

Some few days back when the forum went down for some hours, some thoughts that I used to have suddenly resurfaced in my mind. What if the internet crashes permanently!  If for any reasons whether natural or manmade the internet suddenly stops working,, what will happen in the world.

An impossible task can never be accomplished. There is no way the internet could be shut down suddenly, because it is used by people all around the world, not just states or countries. Almost everything now has been transformed into technology, in my question. How do we think the world will fare if such events occur? All banking is reliant on the global network, and some schools are now using it as well. Let's just leave it at jokes; if not, I'm not sure they'll be able to do it.
And for the forum you mentioned, he just simply stated that their other mantainence in that single day which is why the forum was down for some hours.

[Renampun]

Some few days back when the forum went down for some hours, some thoughts that I used to have suddenly resurfaced in my mind. What if the internet crashes permanently!  If for any reasons whether natural or manmade the internet suddenly stops working,, what will happen in the world. Unimaginable pandemonium is what will happen, because almost everything is connected to the internet, in fact the world today is so dependant on the internet to transact and communicate almost everything. Be it in finance, telecom, marketing and in every areas of technological advancements, all depends on the internet. It'll seem as if we've suddenly gone back to the stone age, if these where to happen.

I'll focus on finance, so I'm thinking what will happen to the bitcoin inside wallets, what will happen to every fiat currency in bank accounts, if everything erases as a result of internet total breakdown? Who do we hold responsible? I know that the internet technology is manmade, therefore it can not be hundred percent immune to faults and external attacks. And what if there is that less than one chance of it being faulty or compromised, what if that less than one  chance happens,? what will be the fate of the world that mainly depends on it to get things done? I'm no tech guru or a prophet of doom, but this are my thoughts and fears on the matter, although I sincerely hope that I'm very wrong on these thoughts.

I'd love to be enlightened better on why it can be impossible that the internet can never be permanently shutdown, having in mind the shortcomings that I've mentioned?

Have you ever had someone transact Bitcoin using short messages?  Yes, to transact Bitcoin, we don't only depend on the internet, another important thing is that the internet will never die, technology continues to develop and there are so many important people who continue to be involved in developing wireless internet networks throughout the world, it's all done to prevent  internet apocalypse.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I know they say 'anything is possible' - I believe it actually has boundaries tho.. cus how could you think of such an impossibility....wake up bro!!! We're In the 21^st fuckin' century.
Renaissance has had a good role and it's played it perfectly over time... We can't imagine how well the earth would have been developed assuming aliens were in control - so they shouldn't be any reason to fall back in time... Never!

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

[Truthlovecoins]

Well, I don't think that would happen unless all the satellites in space and those at various positions in this earth stop transmitting simultaneously and then all servers stop working.
The disaster that will follow is nothing short of an apocalypse like as seen in many zombie movies of sort.

[Publictalk792]

First of all this will never happen. If this will happen so the time will be the 3rd world war. If third world war will start so this will destroy everything and this will not good for the world. We will see a big loss if this will happen in future. Like you can see in the second world war. How it destroyed the world. And now the technology have much improvements.

[AakZaki]

To be honest, I never wanted something like this to happen, it would be the worst scenario that would happen if the internet went down permanently. All the convenience felt by humanity today cannot be separated from the role of the internet in their lives. The internet has now become a part of human life, all work carried out in various fields must be connected to the internet. Even though there is a possibility that this may happen at this time, the government will take various measures to keep the internet functioning, especially now that bureaucratic systems are starting to be adopted into digital systems.

Now it is the Digital Era and everything is sophisticated and can be done easily via digital using a great internet connection. Some wishful thinking about the death of the internet is just a fictional idea that will not happen. Governments around the world will not let the internet die, this is a technology that will live on. The internet has become a primary need that no one can refuse.

[CryptSafe]

To be honest, I never wanted something like this to happen, it would be the worst scenario that would happen if the internet went down permanently. All the convenience felt by humanity today cannot be separated from the role of the internet in their lives. The internet has now become a part of human life, all work carried out in various fields must be connected to the internet. Even though there is a possibility that this may happen at this time, the government will take various measures to keep the internet functioning, especially now that bureaucratic systems are starting to be adopted into digital systems.

Now it is the Digital Era and everything is sophisticated and can be done easily via digital using a great internet connection. Some wishful thinking about the death of the internet is just a fictional idea that will not happen. Governments around the world will not let the internet die, this is a technology that will live on. The internet has become a primary need that no one can refuse.

I think the government would never allow the internet to shot own not even in a minute would they allow it to go off. Internet is now part of the functional system of activities all round the world where by transmission does take place. The advanced or first world nation has gone far beyond what the human can comprehend in terms of using the internet for connectivity and other engagements. Therefore, it is near impossible to say that the internet would no longer function.

I can understand the fact that when it comes to war that there would be some interruption but not elimination. The internet would be there for connectivity in communication and also to transmit events. Let me just put this straight; The internet is the basis for which communication is  made possible.

[Kelward]

I'd love to be enlightened better on why it can be impossible that the internet can never be permanently shutdown, having in mind the shortcomings that I've mentioned?

We would have considered what you just inquired about, the global internet shutting down if everyone on the planet uses the same network provider. In this instance, though, it would be impossible for us to begin making such assumptions because each nation has its own network providers that offer internet connectivity to its citizens.

The only place where the internet would ever shut down would be a nation at war. Whereby internet service providers to those nations at war opt to quit the nation because of the conflict

It's comforting to note that the permanent shutdown of the internet might not be possible because it's transmissions are not from a single source. Each country has their own network provider, therefore if one shuts down, it'll not affect the connections of other countries. Another innovation is that if a total shutdown of the internet were to happen, i don't think that it'll last long before it is repaired and restored back, because we have intelligent minds that'll go to work and make sure of the Restoration.

Although i don't like to use the word impossible in today's world, because technological advancements have proven things that were only imagined before now to be a reality today. So it's not fiction to imagine the possibilities of the internet to shutdown worldwide, factors like world war or phenomenon beyond our comprehension can occur to make these possible. But my firm believe is that so far stored information are not affected, repairs are possible and and the world will move on after any setback.

[Forever101]

I think there will be momentary peace on earth, there will be no fake news , no threats and internet fraudulent activities, their will be no rooms for collecting people's information without their awareness through the internet, the rate at which we see nude through social media will stop for a moment. Even the world power nations will be humbled. Op thank you for your imagination, even my reply are also from imagination.  May we not see what will take us back. The negative part is that there will be serious confusion in every country, marriages and relationship will be broken, remote jobs will be lost, companies will fold up and many more negative things.

Every invention came from imagination, I should believe that you are not trying an invention that will shut the
 internet.

[Saint-loup]

Some few days back when the forum went down for some hours, some thoughts that I used to have suddenly resurfaced in my mind. What if the internet crashes permanently!  If for any reasons whether natural or manmade the internet suddenly stops working,, what will happen in the world. Unimaginable pandemonium is what will happen, because almost everything is connected to the internet, in fact the world today is so dependant on the internet to transact and communicate almost everything. Be it in finance, telecom, marketing and in every areas of technological advancements, all depends on the internet. It'll seem as if we've suddenly gone back to the stone age, if these where to happen.

I'll focus on finance, so I'm thinking what will happen to the bitcoin inside wallets, what will happen to every fiat currency in bank accounts, if everything erases as a result of internet total breakdown? Who do we hold responsible? I know that the internet technology is manmade, therefore it can not be hundred percent immune to faults and external attacks. And what if there is that less than one chance of it being faulty or compromised, what if that less than one  chance happens,? what will be the fate of the world that mainly depends on it to get things done? I'm no tech guru or a prophet of doom, but this are my thoughts and fears on the matter, although I sincerely hope that I'm very wrong on these thoughts.

I'd love to be enlightened better on why it can be impossible that the internet can never be permanently shutdown, having in mind the shortcomings that I've mentioned?

30years ago world was living without internet and there are still countries with only rudimentary networks, so I don't think that humanity wouldn't be able to live without it. I think human beings are smart enough to cope with that without disappearing even it would be difficult at the beginning.

[icalical]

Currently there is no possible reason for the internet to be permanently shut down, there are so many backup power and backup infrastructure to prevent the Internet to be completely shutdown. The only reason that I could think is a global catastrophe that happened because of natural disaster, something that no one could avoid or anticipate, but at that moment no one would think of internet, people would just panic and find anyway to just survive.

[KingsDen]

Impossibru:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/h-bomb-and-the-internet

Internet is the first decentralized network (minus the DNS Root servers). Bitcoin is the second decentralized network.

Maybe a massive solar flare could shut it down for a few years...

In the above fictional or imaginary content (OP), the author was imagining the internet to be only one and from that just one source, everything is connected. Maybe the headquarters of the internet is in Washington and Joe Biden is with the key. So, one day he might get sad or depressed and then he will shut the internet from his office in the White House.
Op, the World Wide Web is the biggest decentralized system in the world, so your imagination cannot come to pass. It will just die in imagination. Unless you are one of the people in the world, especially some Africans who believe the world will one day cease to exist.

[Renampun]

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It's comforting to note that the permanent shutdown of the internet might not be possible because it's transmissions are not from a single source. Each country has their own network provider, therefore if one shuts down, it'll not affect the connections of other countries. Another innovation is that if a total shutdown of the internet were to happen, i don't think that it'll last long before it is repaired and restored back, because we have intelligent minds that'll go to work and make sure of the Restoration.

Although i don't like to use the word impossible in today's world, because technological advancements have proven things that were only imagined before now to be a reality today. So it's not fiction to imagine the possibilities of the internet to shutdown worldwide, factors like world war or phenomenon beyond our comprehension can occur to make these possible. But my firm believe is that so far stored information are not affected, repairs are possible and and the world will move on after any setback.

even if there is a war, it is impossible for us now to feel an internet blackout, satellite internet will be a trend in the future, we will no longer see underwater or underground internet networks, everything will be available in outer space so even in the event of a big war, everyone can still access the internet and also carry out cryptocurrency transactions but if the galaxy disappears, that's a different story lol, basically the chance of the internet going out is very small, as small as an ant hole lol.

[cryptosize]

Impossibru:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/h-bomb-and-the-internet

Internet is the first decentralized network (minus the DNS Root servers). Bitcoin is the second decentralized network.

Maybe a massive solar flare could shut it down for a few years...

In the above fictional or imaginary content (OP), the author was imagining the internet to be only one and from that just one source, everything is connected. Maybe the headquarters of the internet is in Washington and Joe Biden is with the key. So, one day he might get sad or depressed and then he will shut the internet from his office in the White House.

The World Wide Web is the biggest decentralized system in the world, so your imagination cannot come to pass. It will just die in imagination. Unless you are one of the people in the world, especially some Africans who believe the world will one day cease to exist.

My "imagination"? Are you a ChatGPT bot, or does your reading comprehension suck?

Gosh, I hate it when people with signature campaigns make useless posts!

[KingsDen]

Impossibru:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/h-bomb-and-the-internet

Internet is the first decentralized network (minus the DNS Root servers). Bitcoin is the second decentralized network.

Maybe a massive solar flare could shut it down for a few years...

In the above fictional or imaginary content (OP), the author was imagining the internet to be only one and from that just one source, everything is connected. Maybe the headquarters of the internet is in Washington and Joe Biden is with the key. So, one day he might get sad or depressed and then he will shut the internet from his office in the White House.

The World Wide Web is the biggest decentralized system in the world, so your imagination cannot come to pass. It will just die in imagination. Unless you are one of the people in the world, especially some Africans who believe the world will one day cease to exist.

My "imagination"? Are you a ChatGPT bot, or does your reading comprehension suck?

Gosh, I hate it when people with signature campaigns make useless posts!

Cryptosize, you misconstrued my post above. The post was formed in two paragraphs, the first paragraph supported your idea of the decentralized internet, which is the reason I quoted your post while the second paragraph answered OP. I do not blame you because you thought I referred to you in both paragraphs. The mistake was from me by not mentioning Op in the second paragraph or maybe not using the horizontal rule.  I have corrected the quoting mistake, you may decide to read again and remain cool.

People wearing the Green signature and avatar are generally not spammers or bots. Peace!

[Belarge]

Currently there is no possible reason for the internet to be permanently shut down, there are so many backup power and backup infrastructure to prevent the Internet to be completely shutdown. The only reason that I could think is a global catastrophe that happened because of natural disaster, something that no one could avoid or anticipate, but at that moment no one would think of internet, people would just panic and find anyway to just survive.

Internet shutdown will affect everything that has to do with technology space, circulates round the glob. Internet permanently shutdown will not happen but if it does through imagination, that's where we get prepared to face the worst-case of the present world. Alot of things will not longer function such as schools, cryptocurrency and block chain, everything technology will return to square zero. Consequently, there will be streams of other means that would be generated because every incidents have their solutions, problems and challenges that one will face is the calculates time these answerable solutions will be triggered.