The U.S. military is leveraging Bitcoin protocol to strengthen cybersecurity, testing cryptography and PoW military applications through node testing.

Golden Finance reports that, according to Decrypt, Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, stated at a U.S. House Armed Services Committee hearing that the U.S. government is currently running a Bitcoin node for cybersecurity-related testing, but not for mining.
Paparo said that the U.S. military’s interest in Bitcoin mainly focuses on its value as a computer science tool, including cryptography, blockchain, and reusable proof-of-work mechanisms, with the goal of using the Bitcoin protocol to strengthen cybersecurity and enhance military capabilities, which is still in the experimental stage. He also stated that maintaining the dollar’s global dominance aligns with U.S. military interests and gave a positive evaluation of the Stablecoin Legitimization Act, the GENUIS Act, signed by Trump last summer, believing that the bill helps to solidify the dollar’s global position.

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