The United States astronautical engineer proposed a cybersecurity tool to the government in the form of Bitcoin and published a thesis.
Bitcoin has found a new use case through a proposal by a United States Space Force astronautical engineer who is presently on active- duty and also a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Major Jason Lowery, a national defense fellow at MIT, has recently published a thesis on his proposal, which describes Bitcoin as a cybersecurity tool and an important part of the country’s national security in the near future. He recently tweeted about the development.
Lowery has served a decade as a weapon system developer and adviser on technical matters to senior government officials. His thesis was published in February and is titled ‘Softwar’. Softwar has become a bestselling book on Amazon and has ignited curiosity amongst many on the actual implementation of his Bitcoin theory.
Major Lowery’s research states the potential of Bitcoin to be used by the government to prevent attacks such as denial-of-service attacks, which can make servers overloaded with requests. The solution to it would be to create programs that only respond to large transactions on the Bitcoin network sending signals. Fake signals could, thus, be avoided. Lowery compared the Bitcoin network to a maritime trade route and stressed the need to protect the Bitcoin network’s navigation freedom.
Further, he proposed that the US government initiate a Bitcoin mining industry domestically and extend a legal framework to the same. As a self-defense weapon, he also supported the country stockpiling Bitcoin. While the MIT researcher’s thesis has become popular on Amazon, its real-life uses could be seen in the near future.