US Department of Energy Announced an 'Emergency' Data Collection Initiative Targeting US Bitcoin Miners
"Beginning next week, we will survey identified commercial cryptocurrency miners, which are required to respond with details related to their energy use. The Office of Management and Budget authorized the survey on January 26, 2024, as an emergency collection of data request."
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How about they all say NO, unconstitutional !
Hot take? This is good, if it forces miners to become the deeply remote, offgrid pirates they were always supposed to be.
They are asking miners to dig their own graves.
what law requires them to answer?
hopefully Texas miners tell'em to F off
2% of total electricity used in the US for mining. Big Fucking Deal.
Not sure what to think about thisβ¦
I mean Iβm always gonna err on the side of this being collected for malice or nefarious purposes when it comes to the governmentβ¦.
But also, the way they described the huge growth and the hash rate, and its potential future shows a level of understanding that should be hard to have without seeing the positive and benefits of what you are looking atβ¦.π€·ββοΈ
Central planners gonna central plan. They are sharpening pencils are preparing new forms... Again...
The result? Just a waste of human wealth and energy.
Doesn't affect private miners who do things at home. At least not yet. This isn't something to worry about. There's only a few commercial miners.
Like the ETF this is something that never will happen to Monero.
https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/statutory-rules-and-authorities
A (really good) constitutional lawyer will tell you that *none* of this BS applies to anyone outside of the federal government itself and not on a federally owned and governed territory.
Study "federal legislative jurisdiction."
https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/statutory-rules-and-authorities
A (really good) constitutional lawyer will tell you that *none* of this BS applies to anyone outside of the federal government itself and not on a federally owned and governed territory.
Study "federal legislative jurisdiction."
