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The U.S. military is running Bitcoin nodes to test national security applications.
BlockBeats News, April 23, according to The Block, U.S. Pacific Command Commander, Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo, stated that the U.S. government is running a node on the Bitcoin network as part of military testing related to cybersecurity and network defense.
Paparo responded to questions from Texas Republican Congressman Lance Gooden at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday about the national security implications of Bitcoin, saying: “We are currently in the experimental stage. We are running a node on the Bitcoin network not for mining, but for monitoring and conducting multiple operational tests, using the Bitcoin protocol to secure and protect the network.”
Paparo explicitly stated that the military’s interest is at the technical level. He told the congressman that the value of Bitcoin to U.S. combat forces lies in “cryptography, blockchain, and reusable proof of work,” as tools to enhance cybersecurity and power projection. He said, “From a military application perspective, my interest in Bitcoin is as a computer science tool.”