The recent Microsoft failure shows how vulnerable centralized systems are.
The widespread collapse of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, which disrupted key services worldwide, is being touted as a vindication of blockchain and decentralized technology.
Zain Cheng, the chief technology officer of Web3 development firm Horizen Labs, told Cointelegraph the Microsoft outage “underscores the vulnerabilities of centralized systems, where single points of failure can lead to widespread disruption.”
As Cheng points out, the disruption was indeed widespread. From July 18–19, businesses, supermarkets, broadcasters, airlines and banks ground to a halt as 8.5 million systems encountered the blue screen of death.
