AWS 中斷動搖了加密貨幣：Coinbase、Robinhood 和中心化問題

AWS 宕機導致 Coinbase 和 Robinhood 癱瘓，暴露了“去中心化”加密貨幣對中心化基礎設施的依賴。是時候做出改變了嗎？

Another day, another reminder that the internet, and especially the crypto world, isn't as invincible as we'd like to think. A recent AWS outage brought Coinbase and Robinhood to their knees, raising serious questions about the decentralization dream. Let's dive into the mayhem.

另一天，再次提醒我們，互聯網，尤其是加密貨幣世界，並不像我們想像的那麼無敵。最近的 AWS 宕機讓 Coinbase 和 Robinhood 屈服了，引發了人們對去中心化夢想的嚴重質疑。讓我們深入了解混亂的情況。

When Amazon Sneezes, Crypto Catches a Cold

當亞馬遜打噴嚏時，加密貨幣就會感冒

Early Monday morning, the US-EAST-1 region of Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a major disruption. This particular region handles a massive chunk of internet traffic, and when it hiccups, everyone feels it. The culprit? A DNS resolution failure affecting DynamoDB, a core database service. Think of it as the internet's phone book getting scrambled.

週一清晨，Amazon Web Services (AWS) 的 US-EAST-1 區域經歷了重大中斷。這個特定的區域處理著大量的互聯網流量，當它出現問題時，每個人都會感覺到。罪魁禍首？ DNS 解析失敗影響核心數據庫服務 DynamoDB。可以將其視為互聯網電話簿被打亂的情況。

The fallout was widespread. Gaming platforms went dark, social media sputtered, and even Amazon's own services like Ring doorbells went haywire. But the crypto world felt a particularly sharp sting.

其影響十分廣泛。遊戲平台陷入癱瘓，社交媒體陷入混亂，甚至亞馬遜自己的服務（如門鈴）也陷入混亂。但加密世界感受到了特別尖銳的刺痛。

Coinbase and Robinhood Grounded

Coinbase 和 Robinhood 接地氣

Coinbase's mobile app essentially bricked. Users couldn't log in, trade, or access their funds. Robinhood, another platform heavily reliant on crypto trading, also confirmed service impacts due to the AWS issue. Social media exploded with frustrated users locked out of their accounts, trades frozen, and general panic setting in.

Coinbase 的移動應用程序基本上變磚了。用戶無法登錄、交易或訪問他們的資金。另一個嚴重依賴加密貨幣交易的平台 Robinhood 也證實了 AWS 問題對服務的影響。社交媒體爆發了，沮喪的用戶被鎖定賬戶，交易被凍結，普遍恐慌蔓延。

Coinbase later stated that services had recovered, but the damage was done. This wasn't the first time AWS issues have plagued crypto exchanges either; previous incidents have disrupted Binance and Kucoin. It begs the question: how decentralized is crypto, really?

Coinbase 後來表示，服務已經恢復，但損害已經造成。這也不是 AWS 問題第一次困擾加密貨幣交易所。之前的事件已經擾亂了幣安和庫幣。這就引出了一個問題：加密貨幣到底有多去中心化？

The Irony Isn't Lost on Anyone

任何人都不會失去諷刺意味

The crypto world prides itself on decentralization, on breaking free from centralized control. Yet, major exchanges like Coinbase and Robinhood are heavily dependent on centralized cloud providers like AWS. As one user put it, the platform preaching “decentralization” just got taken out by one centralized cloud. The irony is, shall we say, substantial.

加密世界以去中心化、擺脫集中​​控製而自豪。然而，Coinbase 和 Robinhood 等主要交易所嚴重依賴 AWS 等中心化雲提供商。正如一位用戶所說，宣揚“去中心化”的平台剛剛被一個中心化的雲所取代。可以說，諷刺是巨大的。

Sam Mason de Caires, director of engineering at Syndicate, perfectly encapsulates the issue: "The AWS outage isn’t an isolated event—it’s a consequence of how the modern internet is built and the incentive models that have been constructed. We’ve concentrated control into a handful of centralized coordination layers that determine how data moves, how applications run, and ultimately, whether they stay online.”

Syndicate 工程總監 Sam Mason de Caires 完美地概括了這個問題：“AWS 中斷不是一個孤立的事件，它是現代互聯網的構建方式和激勵模型的結果。我們將控制集中到幾個集中協調層中，這些協調層決定數據如何移動、應用程序如何運行，以及最終決定它們是否保持在線。”

Tokenized Stocks on Robinhood

Robinhood 上的代幣化股票

Amidst the outage fallout, Robinhood continues to expand its tokenization initiative, now offering nearly 500 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to European Union investors. This allows users to gain exposure to American markets through crypto, mirroring the prices of popular U.S. equities. While trading is currently confined within Robinhood's platform, future plans include enabling self-custody.

在服務中斷的影響下，Robinhood 繼續擴大其代幣化計劃，目前向歐盟投資者提供近 500 只代幣化的美國股票和 ETF。這使得用戶可以通過加密貨幣獲得美國市場的投資，反映美國熱門股票的價格。雖然交易目前僅限於 Robinhood 的平台內，但未來的計劃包括實現自我託管。

Is There a Way Out?

有出路嗎？

The concentration of internet infrastructure among a few major providers (Amazon, Microsoft, Google) creates systemic vulnerabilities. While some blockchain projects are exploring decentralized alternatives to AWS, widespread adoption remains a challenge. It's a tough nut to crack, but the recent outage underscores the urgent need for more robust and truly decentralized infrastructure.

互聯網基礎設施集中在少數主要提供商（亞馬遜、微軟、谷歌）手中，造成了系統性漏洞。雖然一些區塊鏈項目正在探索 AWS 的去中心化替代方案，但廣泛採用仍然是一個挑戰。這是一個很難解決的問題，但最近的中斷凸顯了對更強大、真正去中心化基礎設施的迫切需要。

The Wake-Up Call We Needed?

我們需要敲響警鐘嗎？

The AWS outage serves as a stark reminder that our digital world isn't as rock-solid as it seems. For crypto users, the message is clear: even platforms built on the ideals of decentralization still rely on centralized systems. Until the industry develops truly independent infrastructure, these vulnerabilities will persist.

AWS 的中斷清楚地提醒我們，我們的數字世界並不像看上去那麼堅如磐石。對於加密貨幣用戶來說，信息很明確：即使是基於去中心化理念構建的平台仍然依賴於中心化系統。在該行業開發出真正獨立的基礎設施之前，這些漏洞將持續存在。

So, what's the takeaway? Maybe it's time to start asking tougher questions about where our "decentralized" assets are actually living. And perhaps, just perhaps, it's time to start building a more resilient and truly decentralized future. After all, nobody wants their crypto dreams to be dashed by a glitch in someone else's cloud. Stay safe out there, crypto cowboys and cowgirls!

那麼，要點是什麼？也許是時候開始問一些更棘手的問題了：我們的“去中心化”資產實際上存放在哪裡。也許，只是也許，是時候開始構建一個更具彈性和真正去中心化的未來了。畢竟，沒有人希望自己的加密貨幣夢想因別人云中的故障而破滅。加密牛仔和女牛仔們，請保持安全！