Online confrontation erupted between Bitcoin and XRP community during the weekend, fueled by the announcement of former President Donald Trump in the past weeks about a “stock of digital assets” under the executive order of the encrypted currencies that his administration recently revealed. Although many observers expected the “Strategic Reserve of Bitcoin”, the broader term raised discussions on whether the non -bitcoin assets – especially XRP – will be included in the property of the national digital assets of the United States.
Jason B. Lori, an American spacecraft officer and a space engineer known for his prestigious thesis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which links the mechanism of consensus of proving work for bitcoin into a form To its “stock of digital assets” alongside bitcoin.
Why bitcoin, not xrp
In a mail On Sunday x, Lori expressed doubts about whether governments like those in the Brex Bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) will one day adopt an encrypted currency seen as a judicial state of the United States. Although he did not mention the name XRP specifically, Lori’s references to the “Mimi currency” or “one controlled by an American executive” can be explained as a hidden signal to XRP or any encrypted currency run by an entity -based entity.
In his own words: “Do you really think that the Brexes Group is interested in adding Mimi’s currency to its reserves, or a currency controlled by an American CEO?
He added: “Or are they likely to adopt the currency that has been defamed and condemned unabated by the United States for more than 15 years specifically because it works outside the control of the United States? On or reject transactions, provided that you continue to possess the material force and the infrastructure in which it has already invested.
Lori’s statements on his comprehensive thesis confirm that Bitcoin has attractive strategic characteristics for countries outside the influence of the United States, especially because of its decentralized and controlling structure. From his point of view, this places Bitcoin in a unique location on the global geopolitical chessboard.
Lori’s decisive question does not revolve around technological merit as it revolves around geopolitical choice. It confirms that when it comes to forming the following “global reserve assets”, the final decisive factor will be what other countries want to keep – especially competitors and potential opponents such as China or Russia. He explained:
“The following global reserves, by virtue of the definition, will be the ones that other countries choose – especially our global competitors. It is almost certain that the BRICS group will prefer the assets that provide the greatest amount of independence from the influence of the United States – those that are clearly characterized by its resistance to control, decentralization, And sovereignty.
His warning to the cryptocurrency community in the United States is clear and explicit: the preference of locally assets is not enough if the opponents do not find a strategic reason for adopting it. Lori stressed the importance of assessing whether foreign governments will really add large quantities of a specific digital origin to their country’s reserves. Otherwise, it is suggested that the call to any other currency – especially those closely related to the American authorities or commercial entities – may be a sterile practice that can “unintentionally undermine the security and prosperity of this nation in the future.”
While the Trump administration has not yet clarified whether any encrypted currencies other than Bitcoin in the American “Digital Asset stock”, the Ripple supporters are still optimistic. They confirm that organizational clarity about XRP and continuous partnerships with financial institutions may eventually guarantee a place as a recognized strategic origin.
However, according to Lori, the global trends – especially the actions of the Brexes Group – may overwhelm any local optimism. And if the countries in the Brex Bloc decide and abroad that the decentralization of bitcoin and its control of control gives them a clear geodicist feature, you may choose to adopt it collectively. From Lori’s point of view, this potential international preference for bitcoin would force the United States to enhance its own property or risk strategic damage:
“If you cannot say with confidence that countries like China or Russia will add huge quantities of your favorite encrypted assets to their strategic reserves, you are not sincere – and you undermine the security and prosperity of this nation in the future.”
At the time of publication, Bitcoin was traded at $ 9923.
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