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vitalik.ethยท2025-07-27 12:20

Ethereum Network Resilience - Ethereum has been online for ten years with zero pauses and zero maintenance windows [1][2] - Ethereum persists through forks, crashes, bubbles, lawsuits, hacks, wars, and various internet-related issues [1] - Ethereum's continuous operation is attributed to a decentralized community of developers, stakers, researchers, and users [1] Comparison with Centralized Systems - Centralized giants experience downtime and rely on on-call personnel [1] - Facebook experienced a 14-hour outage [3] - AWS Kinesis froze for 17 hours [3] - Cloudflare dropped 19 datacenters [3] Industry Perspective - While traditional financial institutions and cloud services face failures, Ethereum continues to operate [2] - Alternative Layer 1 blockchains also experience downtime [3]