Speaking of feds and #btc. What could possibly go wrong? US military running Bitcoin node to test national security applications, admiral tells Congress The U.S. government is running a node on the Bitcoin network as part of military testing around cybersecurity and network defense, according to Admiral Samuel Paparo, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific. Paparo made the remark during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday in response to questions from Lance Gooden, R-Tx., about Bitcoin’s national security implications. “Presently we’re in experimentation,” Paparo said. “We have a node on the Bitcoin network right now. We’re not mining Bitcoin, we’re using it to MONITOR... https://www.theblock.co/post/398593/us-military-running-bitcoin-node-to-test-national-security-applications-admiral-tells-congress