Today, rumors have spread on social media for the secret Bitcoin (BTC) mining operation at the US Department of Defense (DOD).
Screenshots of posts from prominent investors such as Michael Saylor, Matthew Pines and David Bailey, sparked by claims from workers at BTC ATM Company Byte Federal and amplified by Jason Lowery.
The unfounded rumors have achieved impressions of hundreds of thousands despite flimsy evidence.
On March 6, 2025, President Donald Trump established a strategic Bitcoin Reserve and another digital asset stockpile. Neither involves mining.
But Trump has Previously announced support for BTC miningIncludes the Presidential Campaign Trail last summer.
“BTC mining may be our last line of defense against the CBDC. Biden’s hatred of the BTC only helps China, Russia and the radical communists.
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Despite government attention to mining as an industry affecting the environment and the power grid, neither the US Department of Defense nor other US government agencies officially recognize the mining of BTC.
