The US military is examining the implementation of the technology behind Bitcoin in securing nuclear weapons and military satellites
According to The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency estimates that Block-chain will conquer the financial sector, the possibility that the technology will revolutionize the information security market
The research arm of the US Department of Defense, is examining military applications of the Block-chain technology, on which the digital currency Bitcoin is based and which has recently penetrated the financial sector.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Checks whether Block-chain can be used to secure highly sensitive military information with a variety of possible applications, from nuclear weapons to military satellites.
The main advantage of using Block-chain technology is what is commonly known as information integrity - that is, the ability to track when someone is viewing and modifying the data and code in the system.
In The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Block-chain technology can provide crucial intelligence about whether hackers have made changes to a database or whether they are particularly interested in a military system.
Instead of trying to build as high walls around the fort as possible to prevent intruders from entering, it is more important to know if anyone managed to enter the fortress, and what he did there," explained Timothy Bohr, director of the Lockhee Research Program at the DRC.
Each time these weapons systems are usually used where the integrity of information as a whole is of great importance, "Bohr said," so that nuclear command and control, satellite command and control, and command and control in general, are of great importance to the integrity of information. "
"We strive for a very high level of reliability, and our current efforts are aimed at achieving the highest level possible," Bohr continued. "If someone drives an APC, flies a fighter jet or sends a command to the satellite, we want to make sure he can focus 100 percent on his mission."
On the way to a leap in the use of Block-Chain outside the financial sector?
The possibility that the US Army will begin using Block-chain to secure vital information could trigger a surge in the use of this technology outside the financial sector, where it has gradually begun adopting the new technology, Quartz reported. In the first quarter of the year alone, according to data from the Canadian company, CoinDesk.