The US State Department, having read Jason Lowery‘s recently released MIT thesis Softwar, selected Compass Mining as its rollout partner “to engage in the softest war possible” — the opening move of the Softwar rollout.

State Department representative Juan Gonzalez called the arrangement “a revolutionary technology that will change the way we live and work,” and pledged the Department would see it through “regardless of how peaceful Bitcoin is.” The Bugle’s explainer of the underlying doctrine was unusually direct: Softwar “superimposes the history, tactics and rhetoric of warmongering, over the intentionally peaceful Bitcoin technology,” developed “in the self-proclaimed brilliant mind of Jason Lowery,” and is “totally divorced from actual Bitcoin, but requiring government intervention.” It is, per the Department, more than a government program — it’s a way of life.

Compass Mining was reportedly chosen for “their reputation for winning customer battles and helping the industry mine in a timely matter.” Head of Communications Janet Smith said the company prides itself “on our ability to help our customers succeed” and looked forward to “the continued rollout.” Tech journalist Jill Bakermat pronounced the partnership a game-changer that could “completely revolutionize the way we think about war.” A team of experts is being assembled to refine the defense technology, which has no launch date.

irl: Jason Lowery is a real US Space Force major whose February 2023 MIT master’s thesis “Softwar” argued Bitcoin proof-of-work is a form of non-lethal power projection the US should embrace — a thesis Bitcoin Twitter both lionized and mocked. Compass Mining is a real Bitcoin-mining hosting company; “winning customer battles” and mining “in a timely matter” are jabs at its well-publicized 2022 customer disputes and delays. No State Department partnership exists.