đš IRAN JUST WENT DARK â IS BITCOIN NEXT?! đ±âĄ
Iran pulled the plug on the internet during nationwide protests, and everyone instantly jumped to the same question:
âDoes this hurt Bitcoin?â
Hereâs the real answer: No â but the situation is still worth watching.
Iran used to be a much bigger mining hub, but today it only contributes a small percentage of global hashrate. And an internet blackout doesnât immediately shut miners down â big farms still run as long as power stays on.
What blackouts do cause:
đ slower pool coordination
đ payout delays
đ downtime for small/illegal miners
đ higher operational friction
Even in a worst-case scenario, Iran going fully offline would shave <5% off global hashpower.
$BTC literally survived China destroying 40% of the network in 2021 â this is tiny by comparison.
The bigger point?
đ§© Mining still follows cheap energy â often in unstable regions
đ§© Hashpower continues migrating toward more regulated/jurisdiction-safe countries
đ§© Iranâs share of mining has been shrinking anyway
So no â Bitcoin isnât in danger.
If anything, this blackout once again proves how unbreakable and decentralized the network really is. đȘâż
#bitcoin doesnât care about borders.
Bitcoin doesnât care about crackdowns.
Bitcoin keeps going. đ
