Article: Putin considers plan to unplug Russia from the internet 'in an emergency'President Vladimir Putin will convene a meeting of his security council on Monday. It will discuss what steps Moscow might take to disconnect Russian citizens from the web "in an emergency", the Vedomosti newspaper reported. The goal would be to strengthen Russia's sovereignty in cyberspace. The proposals could also bring the domain .ru under state control, it suggested.
Article: How Hard Is It to Disconnect an Entire Country from the Internet? - 2012
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How would a large scale network disconnect impact Bitcoin?
Disruption of connectivity between nations, based on my understanding, would lead to inevitable blockchain forks. If a large % of hashing power comes from a disconnected nation, then it seems the main network is also at greater risk of 51% attacks. Acquiring enough hashing power to disrupt Bitcoin seems greatly simplified if the underlying communication network itself is vulnerable. A malicious actor may not even need to drive the disruption itself, if ready to take advantage of the opening when an event occurs. A natural disaster may be all that is needed.
If the above is true, how could the network recover once connectivity resumes, would the network effectively be useless until that point in time, and are there any existing plans to deal with such an event?
Based on the global political climate, and recent history of mass scale outages, I find myself frequently thinking about the above scenario.