The NEW Bitcoin Reserve Bill is a Game Changer & US to Takeover Satoshi's Wallet? | Dennis Porter
May 28, 2026
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5 min readIn the weeks before the new bill was introduced, a four-star admiral told Congress that the U.S. military is already running its own Bitcoin node. That moment, Dennis Porter argues, changed the conversation in Washington overnight. Porter, the CEO of the Satoshi Action Fund, has been working on state and federal Bitcoin policy for years, and he sees the new American Modernization Reserve Act as a sign that the Overton window on a federal Bitcoin reserve is shifting faster than most people realize.
The New Bill and What It Actually Does
The American Modernization Reserve Act was introduced by Congressman Baggage, the original sponsor of the earlier Bitcoin Act. The bill rebrands and restarts that effort in the House, with one key change: it centralizes custody of any Bitcoin the government holds across different branches of the federal government. The bill launched with roughly 16 co-sponsors, a number that quickly jumped to around 21. Almost all are Republicans, with one Democrat. Porter sees this as meaningful momentum, especially in a Congress where most attention is on the broader Clarity Act for market structure.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (04:04) **New Bitcoin Reserve Bill: The American Modernization Reserve Act** - Congressman Baggage introduces the bill, a rebranded Bitcoin Act with a new focus on centralized custody across government branches.
- 2 (07:32) **National Security Shift: Why the US Government is Embracing Bitcoin** - High-level officials, including Admiral Paparo and Pete Hegseth, now frame Bitcoin as a national security imperative.
- 3 (10:37) **Sanctions Are Obsolete: Bitcoin's Unstoppable Nature** - Marco Rubio and others acknowledge that traditional sanctions won't work in a Bitcoin-enabled world.
- 4 (11:34) **How to Buy Bitcoin Without Taxpayer Money: The Budget-Neutral Model** - The key challenge is funding a reserve without new spending.
- 5 (13:10) **The Art of the Possible: Political Strategy for Bitcoin Policy** - Satoshi Action Fund's success comes from focusing on what can actually pass.
- 6 (14:54) **The Minded America Act: Breaking China's Mining Hardware Monopoly** - A bill to onshore Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturing from China, which produces 97-99% of it.
- 7 (23:07) **Connecting Mining to the Reserve: A Virtuous Loop** - Certified US miners would be the preferred source for government Bitcoin purchases.
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Show Notes
Topics:
- The American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA) and the US Bitcoin Reserve
- Mined in America and the impact on US & Global Bitcoin Mining
- Michael Saylor Strategy may sell Bitcoin
- Quantum a threat to Bitcoin and Crypto?
- Should the US Gov take over Satoshi's Bitcoin?
- Clarity Act outlook
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
03:19 ARMA Bitcoin Reserve bill
06:32 US Gov Embrace Bitcoin
08:44 Iran Bitcoin
10:48 US Buying Bitcoin
16:40 National Security impact on BTC
18:03 Mined in America
23:22 Quantum threat
28:28 US Gov Satoshi's Wallet
29:53 Michael Saylor sell Bitcoin
32:10 Clarity Act
34:51 Ethics and Crypto
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