{"id":84549,"date":"2026-04-22T14:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=84549"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:01:32","slug":"bitcoin-shows-incredible-potential-top-us-commander-warns-it-could-decide-the-china-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=84549","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bitcoin Shows Incredible Potential&#8217;: Top US Commander Warns It Could Decide The China Rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Admiral Samuel Paparo<\/strong>, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) \u201cshows incredible potential\u201d as a tool for U.S. national security in the competition against China.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Power Projection Tool<\/h3>\n<p>Paparo testified before Congress on April 21 in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bitcoinpolicy\/status\/2046598615326486687\">response<\/a> to Senator <strong>Tommy Tuberville<\/strong> (R-AR), who asked how leadership in Bitcoin might affect U.S. leverage, resilience, and deterrence in competition with China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur research into Bitcoin is as a computer science tool,\u201d Paparo said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the combination of cryptography, a blockchain, and a proof of work. And Bitcoin shows incredible potential as a computer science tool,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Paparo said Bitcoin\u2019s proof-of-work system can impose real-world costs beyond traditional network security measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beyond The Economic Use Case<\/h3>\n<p>The admiral emphasized applications \u201coutside &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51968942\/bitcoin-shows-incredible-potential-top-us-commander-warns-it-could-decide-the-china-rivalry?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"'Bitcoin\" shows incredible potential top us commander warns it could decide the china rivalry>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) \u201cshows incredible potential\u201d as a tool for U.S. national security in the competition against China. The Power Projection Tool Paparo testified before Congress on April 21 in response to Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AR), who asked how leadership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-84549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}