20 Oct. 2026: Today’s power event in Google Cloud’s London region took down services for Revolut, Lloyds, HSBC, Halifax, Royal Mail and more.
DFINITY founder Dominic Williams highlighted a different model: the Internet Computer (ICP). Its network can centrally and automatically upgrade cryptography—switching to a stronger protocol the moment AI detects a new threat—without every service team scrambling to patch things by hand.
The Network Nervous System makes this possible through fast, governance-driven updates across the entire system. Traditional clouds move slower. The ongoing debate is how to keep that speed while staying ready for long-term quantum risks.
When critical services go dark because of one region’s power issue, the case for a blockchain that can evolve its own security in real time gets a lot stronger.
