EIA Attack on Bitcoin Miners Brian Morgenstern SLP552

Stephan Livera Podcast

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

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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