President Donald Trump’s establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) has led to speculations rising about a potential Department of Defense (DOD) initiative to engage in cryptocurrency mining.
Is DOD in the Bitcoin Mining Arena? X Posts sparks debate
On March 17, Michelle Weekley, an executive at the Cryptocurrency Enterprise Byte Federal, sparked a provocative dialogue on the possibility of Bitcoin (BTC) mining in the US Department of Defense. On Monday, Weekly declared, “DoD will begin mining Bitcoin,” and her hypothesis was accompanied by a series of mysterious and vague visuals.
Weekly X post.
Among the sown material is a reposted by strategy founder Michael Saylor, featuring his inexplicable declaration. “Big things are coming.” Weekly further amplified the plot by circulating snapshots from Matthew Pines, executive director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute.
She also surprised curiosity by showing the visuals from David Bailey, CEO of Bitcoin magazine, who thwarted philosophical brevity under Michael Saylor’s mysterious “Big Things is Coming”: “Accepting Game Theory.” After that, Bailey Missive added a layer of mystery to his digital collage, saying, “The show is over, but it’s just beginning.”
Her curated gallery also highlighted the spotlight on American space officer and aviation expert Jason Lowry. When asked about the change in the photo in his profile, Lowery said, “Give me about three weeks. That should be more obvious” – a statement that harmonizes with Weekley’s hypothesis.
Her speculation reflects Lowry’s paper in “Softwaal: A novel theory of power projection and the national strategic significance of Bitcoin.”
If DOD tries to do Bitcoin mining, it plunges into the Proof of Work (POW) mechanism, converting kilowatts into a fortress of encryption. Such gambits have Lowery’s vision of leveraging concrete assets to control the digital domain and framing blockchain security as a geopolitical chess piece. By fixing the integrity of the network through computational weight, agents may implement Lowery’s Softwar doctrine.
Released in February 2023, Lowery’s manifesto rethinks Bitcoin not just as a digital currency network, but an electric ring shield with profound tactical impact. His paper, intertwined with strategies rooted in game theory principles, rests on the friction between physical strength (energy, thermodynamic-bound energy) and ideological domination (collective belief). Meanwhile, weekly speculative threads sparked several digital critics.
“I’m not saying I like it, but that’s inevitable,” said Bob Burnett, founder of Barefoot Mining. Another person on the Weekley thread said, “I think DOD has been mining Bitcoin as a national security issue for years.
If DOD accepts Softwar’s paper, it could completely reconstruct the way cyberwar carryover. Instead of relying solely on traditional methods such as malware and hacking, countries engage in the battle of computational power and energy domination. The cost of proof of concrete work makes attempts to attack or operate a system legally expensive and creates formidable shields for national cybersecurity.
But for now, the idea remains pure speculation. It is a theoretical meditation without concrete actions. Still, it is an interesting concept to consider.
