This piece argues that Europe's digital sovereignty debate is asking the wrong question. The focus on who owns the infrastructure – American or European companies – misses the more fundamental issue of how it's built. Replacing AWS with a European cloud provider changes the flag on the data center; it doesn't remove the single point of failure. Blockchain networks, by contrast, deliver the resilience properties Europe's own regulatory frameworks demand, no central operator, no kill switch, no single jurisdiction, and have been proving it in production for over a decade. The infrastructure exists. The question is whether Europe will recognize it as part of the answer.

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