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Episode:

EIA Attack on Bitcoin Miners Brian Morgenstern SLP552

Category: Technology
Duration: 00:46:55
Publish Date: 2024-02-22 11:55:00
Description:

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

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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
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