NASA Employee Expert Claims Bitcoin Will Serve a Much Greater Purpose in the Future
Jason Lowery, known for his work with NASA, argued that Bitcoin could become a critical defense mechanism against AI-driven cyber threats in the future.
According to Lowery, current digital security systems face a serious risk of breach, especially with the involvement of autonomous AI agents in cyberattacks.
Lowery stated that AI-powered “hacker agents” represent an inevitable outcome, and that the approaching zero cost of computing power is accelerating this process. According to Lowery, such AI systems will be capable of overcoming all human-designed cyber defense mechanisms that operate solely on conditional and permission-based logic. He argued that the classic software-based security approach will be insufficient at this point.
Lowery, describing Bitcoin as a natural counterbalance to this threat, drew attention to the proof-of-work mechanism underlying the network. Stating that the weak point of artificial intelligence is computational cost, Lowery argued that this is precisely where Bitcoin comes in. He noted that Bitcoin is a global protocol that directly links computational and energy costs to physical limitations, and that this cost is also transformed into a tradable digital asset.
According to Lowery, Bitcoin is the first and only global system to use the cost of electro-mechanical computation as a “constraining collateral.” This means that instead of defenses based solely on logical rules, physical and economic limits that artificial intelligence cannot overcome become part of the security equation. Lowery suggests that this structure could make it possible for all computing systems in the future to rely on Bitcoin as a defense layer against the threat of artificial intelligence.
Lowery argues that frequently describing Bitcoin as “digital gold” is an incomplete approach, stating that this narrative doesn’t adequately reflect Bitcoin’s long-term role. According to the expert, by 2030 and beyond, Bitcoin could become not only a store of value but also a fundamental building block of global computing security.
