Amazon Outage Rocks The Internet: Can Crypto Breakthrough as Web3 Stands Strong?

A single glitch in Amazon’s cloud sent shock waves across the internet and reignited questions about whether decentralized Web3 systems could hold up better.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage on Monday, knocking offline a wide range of apps and websites around the world. 

The disruption hit platforms such as Reddit, Roblox, and Coinbase, as well as several UK government and banking services.

According to Amazon’s service update, the problem began in AWS’s US-East-1 region in Northern Virginia and was linked to a Domain Name System (DNS) issue affecting DynamoDB endpoints.

AWS said engineers fixed the core problem early Monday morning Pacific time but continued working to clear remaining errors.

What Caused the Amazon Web Services Outage in the US-East-1 Region?

According to Reuters report, the scale of the outage showed how dependent the internet has become on a few cloud giants. 

Social media, gaming, payments, and media platforms were all affected, with widespread reports of downtime through the day. 

Reddit, Roblox, Signal, Venmo, and others gradually came back online as AWS restored services.

On the crypto side, platforms that rely on cloud systems struggled. 

Coinbase said core functions were affected during the outage but later restored. The company also confirmed that some transfers were delayed but assured users their funds were safe.

In contrast, major blockchains kept working as usual. 

AWS aka (Amazon Web Services) run half the services of the world, even crypto like ETH, POL, ARB, BASE. you know who wasn't affected at all? Yes, Litecoin, +14 years zero down time. pic.twitter.com/Baz4nTZT0G

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