U.S. Admiral Frames Bitcoin as Tool for Economic Power Projection
A senior U.S. military commander reframed Bitcoin as more than a monetary technology, arguing that its underlying computer science could support national security aims by hardening cyber defenses and offering resilience in conflict scenarios. During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing focused on the Indo-Pacific posture, Admiral Samuel Paparo described Bitcoin’s proof-of-work system as a mechanism that “imposes more cost” on attackers, while emphasizing that the technology’s value extends beyond finance into cybersecurity applications. “It is a valuable computer science tool, as a power projection,” Admiral Samuel Paparo said during the session, adding that Bitcoin’s proof-of-work reduces #attacker incentives by$BTC $ETH