The recent Cloudflare crash certainly confused everyone. In case you missed it, an outage affected Cloudflare, a US company that provides content delivery networks (CDNs), distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack protection, and secure access to resources and Domain Name System (DNS) servers.
The company confirmed online that recovery efforts are underway and they are working to resolve the sudden crash. Nevertheless, the global network outage hit multiple cryptocurrency front ends, causing widespread disruption and further increasing pressure on the digital asset market.
While everyone was busy trying to figure out what happened, Binance founder and one of the most prominent figures in the cryptocurrency space, Changpeng “CZ” Chao, said in his latest X post that “the blockchain continued to function” and saw “a blessing in disguise.”
Blockchain continued to function.
— CZ🔶BNB (@cz_binance) November 18, 2025
This statement may seem overly simplistic, but it’s actually a good way to think about technology. The Binance Smart Chain explorer site may stop working, Twitter may become unavailable, and crypto mass media portals may stop producing content, but blockchain technology can typically run without a centralized provider like Cloudflare.
true decentralization
Of course, there are many “ifs” and the fact that many blockchains rely on centralized cloud services like Hertz and AWS is another big topic of debate.
But a truly decentralized system like Bitcoin can function without providers, as long as computers keep running the protocol and mining BTC. Bitcoin was designed to work over radio waves, and for good reason.
After all, in a world where everything relies on a single central point and seeks an “easy life”, these points quickly become the “weak link”, and this is where true decentralized technology proves its superiority.
