THE STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE ACT —
MAXIMALIST EDITION
North Star (non‑negotiables)
- Own 6,000,000 BTC on‑balance‑sheet, with a stretch path to 8,000,000 BTC via allied options.
- Timeline: Core target in ≤5 years; majority (≥3,000,000 BTC) locked in ≤24 months.
- Stance: Never sell. Liquidity needs met through secured lending and options income, not spot disposals.
- Purpose: Strengthen the dollar by pairing it with the scarcest digital reserve asset; deny adversaries the first‑mover advantage; onshore energy‑driven compute and payments innovation.
Why
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- Supply math is destiny. Hard cap 21M; new issuance ≈450 BTC/day post‑halving (~164k/yr). A sovereign buyer targeting millions of coins forces the market to reprice.
- Share of supply is sovereignty. 6M BTC = ~28.6% of eventual supply and roughly ~30% of today’s circulating coins (exact share depends on lost coins). Owning that much of the terminal stock is a permanent strategic moat.
- Dollar‑positive, not dollar‑replacement. Bitcoin becomes the reserve asset beneath the world’s dollar rails (banking, stablecoins, ETFs). The U.S. anchors the stack; the dollar remains the unit of account and settlement language.
Shock‑and‑Awe Accumulation Plan
Phase 0 —
Ready the vault
(Day 1–30)
- Stand up a Sovereign Accumulation Facility (SAF) at Treasury/Fed with:
- N‑of‑M multisig across agencies; geographically distributed HSMs; Shamir splits; air‑gapped ceremony.
- Independent cryptographic proof‑of‑reserves published quarterly.
- Consolidate all lawfully controlled federal BTC (forfeitures/seizures) into the SAF to seed the stack.
- Statutory guardrails: reserve immune from forced sales, encumbrances, or budget raids without a supermajority vote.
Phase 1 —
Lock size without a splash
(Months 1–6)
- OTC block programs with a syndicate of Tier‑1 liquidity providers—rolling, time‑weighted, settlement‑staggered.
- Direct bilateral tenders with treasuries/whales (100k–500k BTC tranches). Offer tax‑neutral exchange into “Bitcoin Reserve Bonds” (see below) and optional staged delivery.
- Miner offtake & forwards (U.S. first): pre‑buy multi‑year output at negotiated discounts; prioritize methane‑mitigation and curtailed‑renewable sites.
- Programmatic DCA running 24/7 through dark liquidity to smooth footprints.
Target: 500,000 BTC in 90 days, 1,500,000 BTC by Month 12—quietly, professionally, relentlessly.
Phase 2 —
Program flywheel
(Months 6–36)
- Volatility overlay: harvest premium via covered calls on a small sleeve; recycle into fresh spot buys (“vol‑for‑coins”).
- Collateral engine: lend against ≤10% of holdings, over‑collateralized, sovereign‑only counterparties; no rehypothecation.
- Allied options: structure call options granting close allies the right to co‑purchase at defined strikes—aligns incentives, deepens liquidity, and keeps the U.S. at the center.
Phase 3 —
Durable dominance
(Years 3–5)
- Never sell doctrine codified; use draw‑down facilities, not disposals.
- Payments & R&D catalyst: fund open‑source payments, L2 settlement, custody standards; keep protocol neutrality.
- Global lender of last resort (BTC leg): establish BTC swap lines for allies during stress, collateralized by their reserves.
Capital & Accounting (built for scale)
- Bitcoin Reserve Bonds (BRBs): 30–50y Treasuries; coupons partially funded by options income. Investors swap appreciated BTC or cash; Treasury receives BTC, investors receive duration + optionality.
- SOMA‑style desk, Bitcoin leg: a Bitcoin Open Market Desk (BOMD) to manage programmatic buys, hedges, and lending—separate from monetary policy, transparent remit, audited.
- Mark‑to‑market discipline: reserve marked quarterly; gains remain unrealized unless explicitly converted; loss buffers funded by BRB premia and lending income.
- No new taxes: finance via BRBs, asset reallocations at the margin, and retained BTC from lawful forfeitures.
Energy & Industry (turn cost into advantage)
- “Watt‑to‑Wealth” initiative: co‑site miners as controllable load at grids, LNG export chokepoints, and hydro/wind/solar curtailment zones.
- Methane‑mitigation standard: prioritize offtake from miners using flared or vented gas and verified clean power.
- Domestic ASIC & secure‑custody manufacturing: CHIPS‑style incentives for secure silicon, HSMs, and vault hardware.
Governance & Security (institutional‑grade from day one)
- Key management: quorum across Treasury, Fed, DoD/CISA; dual‑control ops; real‑time anomaly detection; red‑team drills.
- Transparency: quarterly reserve attestations (on‑chain proofs + financial statements); annual independent SOC2‑equivalent audits.
- Legal bedrock: SBRA statute bars any agency from protocol meddling, sanctions arbitrary seizures, or compelled transfers without due process.
Game‑Theory Edge
- Credible commitment: a legislated never‑sell policy plus visible quarterly accretion creates an implicit floor; sellers demand higher prices, long‑vol flows subsidize more spot buys.
- Issuance choke‑point: offtake agreements absorb a majority of new issuance; programmatic DCA competes for the rest—structurally bullish and self‑reinforcing.
- Allied lock‑in: optioned co‑purchases bring friendly reserves under a U.S.‑coordinated umbrella rather than adversaries’ orbit.
Scorecard (what “winning” looks like)
12‑Month Targets
- ≥ 1.5M BTC acquired
- ≥ 50% of U.S. acquisitions sourced via OTC/tenders (not lit exchanges)
- >60% of new U.S. mining capacity under methane‑mitigation/renewable standards
- Zero custody incidents; clean audits; on‑chain PoR verified
24‑Month Targets
- ≥ 3.0M BTC acquired
- U.S. direct or optioned access to >70% of North American new issuance
- BOMD operational with positive carry (options + lending ≥ program overhead)
≤5‑Year Targets
- 6.0M BTC on balance sheet (stretch 8.0M via allied options)
- U.S. recognized as BTC lender of last resort for allies
- Reserve treated by markets as a strategic asset akin to gold—but scarcer, more mobile, and programmable
Ultra‑Bull Scenario Math (illustrative, not a forecast)
| WAAP (avg buy) | Outlay on 6M BTC | Value at $750k | Value at $1M | Value at $1.5M | Gains vs. WAAP @ $1M |
| $200,000 | $1.20T | $4.50T | $6.00T | $9.00T | +$4.80T |
| $300,000 | $1.80T | $4.50T | $6.00T | $9.00T | +$4.20T |
| $400,000 | $2.40T | $4.50T | $6.00T | $9.00T | +$3.60T |
Even with an aggressive WAAP, sovereign‑scale ownership torque makes the risk‑reward asymmetry compelling over a long horizon.
Risks (and the maximalist mitigations)
- Volatility: Embrace it—DCA + options income + secured lending compresses net cost and cushions drawdowns.
- Liquidity impact: Favor OTC/tenders/forwards; phase buys; increase aggression only during market stress (buy the dips by design).
- Policy whiplash: Hard‑code SBRA; require supermajority to unwind.
- Energy optics: Tie offtake to verifiable methane mitigation and clean‑power standards; publish lifecycle intensity for the reserve stack.
- Security: Defense‑grade custody, continuous red‑teaming, immutable separation of duties.
One‑Page Decision
- Pass SBRA with never‑sell doctrine, acquisition bands, and custody standards.
- Stand up SAF & BOMD in 30 days.
- Execute Phase‑1 Shock‑and‑Awe (target 500k BTC in 90 days).
- Publish quarterly on‑chain proofs and audited statements.
- Invite allies into optioned co‑purchases—U.S. sets the rules and the tempo.
If you want, I can repurpose this into:
- a 2‑page Hill brief (talking points + scorecard), and
- a 10‑slide deck (timeline, acquisition rails, custody architecture, scenario charts)
—keeping the same maximalist posture.