Highway Cops and Bitcoin: The Mashup You Didn’t See Coming 🚓💰

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Picture this: Wyoming Highway Patrol officers not just writing speeding tickets, but also HODLing Bitcoin. Yes, you heard that right. The state of Wyoming is flirting with the idea of highway cops trading in their radar guns for private keys, all while the rest of us are trying to figure out why our wallets smell like mothballs. 🦾

The Wyoming Highway Patrol Association apparently signed on to the “Get Off Zero” initiative, which isn’t about having less caffeine or trying yoga, but actually about owning Bitcoin. This brainchild of Proof of Workforce—a nonprofit advocating crypto adoption for workers, unions, and municipalities—hopes to encourage the cops to slap BTC on their balance sheet. Suddenly, the phrase “crypto wallet” has a whole new badge-worthy spin. 🚨🎖️

How much Bitcoin are we talking here? Nobody has a clue. Maybe just enough to buy donuts for everyone, or maybe a dragon hoard of Satoshis. Only time will tell. But Wyoming’s fascination with Bitcoin isn’t new. In fact, lawmakers tried back in January to shuffle 3% of state sovereign funds into a BTC reserve. “Nothing says fiscal responsibility like a digital currency that could tank because someone tweets,” said no one with a serious job ever. 🤷‍♂️

And it doesn’t stop there! The state is taking applications for blockchain developers—because why not? Maybe the cops can chase code instead of cars? All this is tied to plans for a stablecoin overseen by Wyoming’s Stable Token Commission, which, let’s be real, sounds more like a comic book villain than a government agency. 🦹‍♂️

Oh, and don’t get me started on decentralized autonomous organizations, a.k.a. DAOs. Wyoming didn’t just recognize them as legal entities—they practically swiped right and made a commitment. Silicon Valley types like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) are applauding this as if DAOs will finally solve every web3 headache. Spoiler: They won’t. Just ask anyone who accidentally left their private keys taped to a Post-it. 📌🤦‍♀️

And because Wyoming couldn’t just stop there, they also passed laws protecting crypto private keys and even had their very own Senator Cynthia Lummis make noise about a federal Bitcoin reserve. She’s like the cool aunt who brings Bitcoin to Thanksgiving, but also somehow makes it awkward. Sorry, FDIC, you’ve officially been crypto-bullied. 🧑‍⚖️💥

To sum up: Wyoming is really leaning into crypto, and if nothing else, the Highway Patrol could soon become pioneers in citation-by-cryptocurrency. Will they give you a wallet address instead of a ticket? One can dream. 🙃

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2025-02-12 21:17