EIA Attack on Bitcoin Miners Brian Morgenstern SLP552
Brian Morgenstern, Head of Public Policy of Riot Platforms joins me to talk about the latest attack on Bitcoin miners:
- Is Bitcoin mining a partisan issue?
- The EIA “Survey”
- Falsehoods on grid stability and emissions
- False Emergency
- What to do about it
Links:
- X: @MorgensternNJ
- Thread https://twitter.com/MorgensternNJ/status/1754634147232977246
- X: @TXblockchain_
- Sen. Lummis declares the survey to be ‘absurd’
- Joint statement by the Chamber of Digital Commerce & Texas Blockchain Council opposing the survey: Industry Statement on EIA’s Emergency Survey - Chamber of Digital Commerce (digitalchamber.org)
Sponsors:
- Swan.com (code LIVERA)
- CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
- Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
- Follow me on X: @stephanlivera
- Subscribe to the podcast
- Subscribe to Substack
Timestamps/Chapters:
- 00:00 - Introduction and Background
- 02:26 - Is Bitcoin Support Partisan?
- 06:35 - The EIA Request for Information on Bitcoin Mining
- 13:18 - Motivations and Political Divide
- 18:42 - "Emergency" Collection of Data
- 20:14 - Swan.com
- 21:26 - Mempool.space
- 22:35 - Coinkite.com
- 23:52 - Competitive Information and Disclosure
- 31:50 - Potential Misinterpretation and Attacks
- 39:04 - Pushing Back and Taking Action
- 41:24 - The Importance of Speaking Up
- 42:16 - Closing Thoughts
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