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: Follow me on X: @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe to Substack 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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