Crypto Mines Will Have To Start Reporting Their Energy Use In The USwww.theverge.com/2024/1/31/24057176/crypto-bitcoin-mining-survey-us-energy-information-administration
51 sats \ 5 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 31 Jan bitcoin

Crypto Mines Will Have To Start Reporting Their Energy Use In The US
A survey of crypto mines’ electricity consumption in the US is set to start next week. The US Department of Energy (DOE) will begin collecting data on crypto mines’ electricity use, following criticism from environmental advocates over how energy-hungry those operations are.

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11 sats \ 3 replies \ @DEADBEEF 31 Jan
Seems like the first step towards clamping down on Bitcoin mining.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 31 Jan
I don't think it will go that far, but it is expected that there will be some FUD around the subject.
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @DEADBEEF 31 Jan
Yeah it will for sure be used to try and sway public opinion against mining.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 31 Jan
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Anonymous_Hodler 31 Jan
I think it is a good thing, it will give a chance to the good guys to demonstrate some transparency to these folks in congress and make them look like clowns when they throw. Their s**t on the wall… bitcoin will distupt the power in place, pushing it back against the wall and forcr them to conceid their defeat… just a matter of time
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