AWS Outage Exposes Web3 Centralization Risks

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A recent Amazon Web Services outage knocked major crypto and fintech platforms offline, including Coinbase, Robinhood, MetaMask, and Venmo.
While blockchains continued producing blocks, millions of users couldn’t access wallets or DApps because most interfaces rely on centralized servers, sparking debate over true Web3 decentralization.

[JanEmil]

Zombies can't be stopped

[alex10]

One AWS outage and half the Web3 apps go dark — this is exactly why decentralization matters. ️

[Nahid10]

Dependence on AWS shows how “decentralized” Web3 still isn’t. Time for real infrastructure changes. 🧠