Crypto’s ‘Decentralized’ Illusion Shattered Again by Another AWS Meltdown

The notion that cryptocurrency operates entirely in a decentralized manner has once again been called into question, as yet another significant outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) highlights the vulnerabilities in the infrastructure that underpins many blockchain networks and their applications. This incident serves as a stark reminder that, despite the idealistic vision of a fully decentralized ecosystem, real-world dependencies on centralized services can compromise the very principles that crypto enthusiasts advocate for. source: https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2025/10/21/crypto-s-decentralized-illusion-shattered-again-by-another-aws-meltdown