I had to do a #tldr…

“The thread discusses the importance of Bitcoin as a US national strategic priority, drawing on the author's research as an active-duty officer & US National Defense Fellow. The author compares the skepticism towards Bitcoin with General Ferdinand Foch's dismissal of airplanes in warfare. They argue that Bitcoin is more than just a new form of money or payment system and should be viewed as a new technology for securing resources.

By studying nature and human society, the author explains that physical power is used to secure resources and freedom of action in every domain except cyberspace. Cybersecurity has been struggling with the reliance on encoded logic, but the author believes that Bitcoin's proof-of-work system represents the missing piece for using physical power to secure cyber resources.

Bitcoin operates through a global-scale physical competition, enabling society to project power in, from, and through cyberspace. The author argues that the West, particularly the US, must become the best at utilizing this technology, as rivals like Russia and China are already leading in this area. They suggest that failing to recognize the military value of Bitcoin could have similar consequences as underestimating the impact of airplanes in warfare. If the author's assessment is correct, Bitcoin could usher in a new era of peace and prosperity as a non-lethal power projection technology.”