Digital Cold War for Bitcoin Blocks, Says Space Force Major

It seems that we’re heading into a digital cold war for crypto blocks, according to Space Force major. Check out the latest reports about this below.

Blockworks online pubcalition notes the fact that there is a new MIT masters thesis from a US Space Force major contends BTC is not just a form of internet money — but a weapon to be utilized by the Pentagon in modern warfare.

In an exhaustive 400-page dissertation, Major Jason Lowery claims BTC’s proof-of-work consensus mechanism presents a massive shift in the way world powers could wage war.

Instead of boots on the ground or nukes in the air, Lowery suggests nations battle by competing for Bitcoin block rewards, Politico reported Thursday.

“Space Force” is the newest brand of the US Armed Forces, created in December 2019. It’s responsible for organizing, training and equipping military persons across the stars in a bid to protect US and allied interests.

“Lowery is an active-duty US Space Force astronautical engineer and US National Defense Fellow at MIT whose job it is to advise senior military personnel on the implications of bitcoin, according to a bio of his latest book,” according to the same online publication mentioned above.

Politico says it confirmed his rank with an Air Force spokesperson.

Lowery’s thesis was released as a book in February under the title “Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin.”

This is addressing a scenario in which governments duke it out with hashrate; fighting something akin to a Cold War, where the spoils are bitcoin and bragging rights.

The blurb reads:

“Using scientific concepts from biology, evolution, anthropology, political science, and computer theory, Lowery summarizes the dynamics of power projection in human society and provides an argument for why emerging proof-of-work technologies (namely Bitcoin) will have a dramatic impact on how humans organize, cooperate, and compete on a global scale by empowering populations to project physical power in, from, and through cyberspace.”