https://cowlpane.com/tags/hormuz/ Recent content in Hormuz on Cowlpane Hugo en-us Fri, 08 May 2026 21:45:05 +0000 https://cowlpane.com/trading/what-does-bitcoin-power-projection-mean-to-the-us-military/ Fri, 08 May 2026 21:45:05 +0000 https://cowlpane.com/trading/what-does-bitcoin-power-projection-mean-to-the-us-military/ <p><em>Originally published by <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/politics/what-does-bitcoin-power-projection-mean-to-the-u-s-military">Bitcoin Magazine</a></em></p> <hr> <p>On April 21st and 22nd 2026, during a Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Samuel Paparo of U.S. Indo-Pacific Commandmade commentson Bitcoin’s utility in cybersecurity for the country’s military, calling it a “valuable computer science tool as power projection,” and disclosing thatINCOPACOM is running a Bitcoin nodein their experiments with the protocol.</p> <p>The comments by the INCOPACOM Commander came just days after theIslamic Republic of Iran demanded payment in Bitcoinfor safe passage across the Strait of Hormuz. The mention of “power projection” echoed the work of a famous and controversial Bitcoiner,Jason Lowery, author of Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection, MIT Fellow and Special Assistant to the Commander of INDOPACOM.</p>