I just saw this line in a crypto slack room and it made me crack so hard, I had to share it :)) I had the choice to make a meme out of it, but I'm lazy. 

Besides, there's something to ponder here as well. Something to think about...

We all take for granted the fact that blocks in whatever blockchain we're interested in will be confirmed at some point, or, in other words, that the word will keep moving. There are so many projections banking on the fact that the blockchain will keep on going. 

But just think for a while. If tomorrow all service providers will block the port 8333, Bitcoin will simply cease to exist. No more blocks will be exchanged via p2p. So the transport protocol - and security - is just as important (if not more important) as the consensus engine. It doesn't really matter if we agree on something, if nobody else knows that, right?

So, thinking of a safer way to transport blocks, one that doesn't rely on legacy systems which can be easily shut down by a third party, does seem like a useful pastime.
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