user1151: Hypothetically, if it were a well coordinated NSA-type shut down and ALL ISP's suddenly blocked port 8332 (major ones anyway), how would the Bitcoin system immediately handle it?

user1364: We would all switch to port 80.

user323: Bitcoin can be configured to handle any port for both peer-to-peer communication, as well as JSON RPCs. However, as Bitcoin clients do not encrypt their messages, it would still be fairly easy to filter out Bitcoin-related activities. One could then switch to using Bitcoin through TOR, or the developers could implement message encryption if needed be.

1151: <p>Hypothetically, if it were a well coordinated NSA-type shut down and ALL ISP's suddenly blocked port 8332 (major ones anyway), how would the Bitcoin system immediately handle it?</p>
 1364: <p>We would all switch to port 80.</p>
 323: <p>Bitcoin can be configured to handle any port for both peer-to-peer communication, as well as JSON RPCs. However, as Bitcoin clients do not encrypt their messages, it would still be fairly easy to filter out Bitcoin-related activities. One could then switch to using Bitcoin through TOR, or the developers could implement message encryption if needed be.</p>
