Baier Urges Pentagon to Tap Blockchain for 5.3 Million Personnel as China Presses Tech Race
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Updated · Fox News · May 22
Baier Urges Pentagon to Tap Blockchain for 5.3 Million Personnel as China Presses Tech Race
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 22
Bret Baier argued the Pentagon should revive blockchain adoption, saying newer zero-knowledge proofs and improved key management make the technology more viable for defense than in earlier mixed-result pilots.
He said the military should use permissioned blockchains for classified communications and command logs, while public chains could verify document integrity, authenticate imagery and support interoperability with allies.
Baier tied that case to Washington’s broader crypto shift under Trump, citing bipartisan stablecoin legislation and calling for the CLARITY Act to give digital-asset firms rules to build in the U.S.
More than 55 million Americans already own crypto, he said, and wider commercial leadership would give the Pentagon talent, infrastructure and standards to draw on as China treats blockchain as strategic infrastructure.
For a department serving 5.3 million troops, civilians and dependents, he said blockchain could also secure records, contracts and supply chains, and should start with a working group and CDAO-led pilot.
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