U.S. military runs a Bitcoin node and calls it power projection against China

Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told two congressional panels this week that the American military is running a live Bitcoin node for cybersecurity testing. He didn’t stop there — he described the Bitcoin protocol as a tool of national power in strategic competition with China. The same military that secures oil shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz is now experimenting with the network that some believe could make those lanes less relevant. From aircraft carriers to hash rate — the definition of strategic reserve is being rewritten in real time.