Michael Saylor Aligns with Jason Lowery's 'SoftWar' Thesis, Framing Bitcoin as a Critical Defense Mechanism

In a recent Bitcoin Policy Institute event speech, Michael Saylor aligned closely with Major Jason Lowery's 'SoftWar' thesis, framing Bitcoin as a critical defense mechanism

In a recent speech at a Bitcoin Policy Institute event, Michael Saylor closely aligned his remarks with Major Jason Lowery’s ‘SoftWar’ thesis, presenting Bitcoin as a crucial national defense mechanism.

During his talk, Saylor highlighted Bitcoin’s role as a “digital defense system,” drawing parallels between the cryptocurrency’s open, decentralized energy flow and the strategic military defense of cyberspace.

Echoing Lowery’s SoftWar theory, Saylor asserted that control over Bitcoin is pivotal for national security, setting the stage for a discussion of the cryptocurrency’s defense capabilities against sophisticated threats, including artificial intelligence systems.

“We have 800 exahashes of encryption, which no human institution, no state actor, and probably not even Elon Musk’s AI could hack in the next 1,000 years,” said Saylor, referencing comments made previously by the billionaire on the difficulty for AI to hack Bitcoin, and startup AuthLN already building such technology using the Lightning Network to make brute force hacking monetarily inefficient for bad actors.

He positioned this immense hashing power as an unprecedented shield safeguarding economic value and national security.

“If you lose Bitcoin, you lose the metaverse, Web3, and the future of the internet. You lose dominance of cyberspace,” added Saylor, aligning closely with Lowery’s strategic framing of hashing power as the new frontier in global competition.

Saylor went on to assert that losing control over Bitcoin would be tantamount to losing the economic lifeline of a nation, emphasizing the potential consequences of failing to maintain this critical domain.

He noted that such a failure could risk severe economic disruption comparable to being cut off from critical sea routes, referencing historical precedents in warfare and economic competition, where control over key waterways and trade routes was paramount.

The executive also called for immediate and significant national investment in the cryptocurrency, highlighting Strategy’s own substantial financial commitments.

He stated that the firm has invested $33 billion, roughly 2.4% of Bitcoin’s network, which he argued is a testament to the cryptocurrency’s strategic economic significance, implying a trillion-dollar valuation underpins the network’s security.

This level of investment from a single firm underscores the cryptocurrency’s role in shaping national and global economic strategy.

The urgency in his speech mirrors Lowery’s argument that nations must aggressively participate in Bitcoin’s hashing competition to secure strategic advantages without resorting to violence, further reinforcing Bitcoin’s role as a cornerstone of modern geopolitical strategy.

Finally, Saylor concluded that Bitcoin represents “manifest destiny” for America, tying his remarks on national interest closely to the historical concept of U.S. expansion and economic dominance.

He framed the choice starkly as either “prosperity or poverty” based on whether nations effectively leverage Bitcoin’s strategic value in the unfolding technological landscape.