Political Divide on Bitcoin: Democrats vs. Republicans

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