This AWS outage was just a hiccup, and it raises a bigger question: could any blockchain withstand a state-sponsored attack on cloud providers or a supply chain failure?

Think chip shortages or SolarWinds-style hacks. I’m not sure if any blockchain could survive that today, but I’m confident that Algorand’s design provides the blueprint for extreme resilience in the future.

Algorand already has 3,300+ nodes spread across 80+ countries (!), powered by a diverse mix of cloud vendors, bare metal servers, and home connections. This ensures there’s no single point of failure, either in terms of geography or network infrastructure.

How does it achieve this? Low staking and hardware requirements enabled by an elegant and efficient protocol. Anyone can run a node using consumer-grade hardware, whether in a data center or from home.

This accessibility drives Algorand’s uniquely diverse network topology. This low-barrier model is adopted by few, if any, other blockchains. And it’s certainly not priced in by the market. But if blockchain is meant to power global finance, surviving an AWS outage is the bare minimum. I expect this model to set the standard for crypto’s future as the world recognizes the need for unbreakable infrastructure.

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