The Government agencies are looking further into adopting blockchain technology and bitcoin. They are hoping to commandeer these protocols in order to protect military from mass-hacking campaigns counterintelligence and otherwise hostile attacks on their systems. The Pentagon is has especially shown recent interest in using cryptographically guarded blockchains to aid their operations. 
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The Government Experimentation with Blockchains Government Agencies Clamor to Adopt Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology.
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This Pentagon and other agencies hope to use blockchain technology to take advantage of its tamper-resistant and immutable features. They believe these qualities can prevent malicious actors from stealing their information, ransoming them or eavesdropping. They also believe it will cut costs over the long term. This is why they have started to experiment with different implementations of various blockchain protocols.

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The Washington Times article suggests the Pentagon and NATO have been working in secrecy to determine how best to utilize blockchain. NATO is particularly interested in making their intelligence processes more efficient, including financing and logistical work.
The cost of inaction is great. While we laud the recent focus on supply chain security problems of the defense industrial base (DIB).  We endorse a broader notion of the range of U.S. interests threatened by this phenomenon…In a conflict scenario; the collapse of the domestic economy would not only degrade national morale but disrupt the primary source of material support for U.S. forces.
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Government Believes Blockchain Can Guarantee More Security
With these threats on the radar, government believes their greatest ally might be blockchain technology. They think they can prevent their supply chains from being interrupted by placing their sensitive documentation on the blockchain. However, it is presently unclear how exactly various agencies will implement blockchain and bitcoin to further their agenda.
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