Stephan Livera Podcast

EIA Attack on Bitcoin Miners Brian Morgenstern SLP552

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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)

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      • Swan.com (code LIVERA)
      • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
      • Mempool.space

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          • 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
            • ...more
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