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:

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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