America needs crypto-friendly politicians that will benefit the industry in the long run.
There is no such thing as crypto-friendly politicians on a large scale. Politicians represent the interest of private businesses, big tech, pharma, etc., and these giants aren't interested and don't need bitcoin or crypto. They don't mind profiting from you and me using it, but they don't represent self-custody and any type of increase in personal freedoms. 
Topic: The US Government wants your Bitcoin Miners!? - page 2. (Read 896 times)
Luckily, they can move to another country, worst case scenario, remember China Ban 3 years ago
Time is running out for Biden and his team of crooks though. The awareness is rising among politicians and there's no way they can get the majority to ban wallets or mining in the US at this point.
Perhaps tweeting a picture and those laser eyes officially declared Biden's end game. I don't see any more worthy coincidence. Perhaps he finally realized that bitcoin was the way to give hope to his position and his team. Lol, Just like you said, he knew his time was limited. 
Their goal is to attack bitcoin from every angle and you have to realize why this is being done.
Biden doesn't understand bitcoin, this is too much for his old head, so he's given up and allowed "his people" to do what they want in this matter. These people struck deals with banks who want to slow bitcoin as much as possible. At first the goal was to ban bitcoin, but all the attempts to do so were stopped early. Their latest failed achievement was an act that was supposed to make all the wallet providers assign addresses to names of their clients, which was so ridiculous that it exposed their true intentions and lack of knowledge. It's of course impossible for wallet providers to make clients disclose their private information every time they make a new address and if introduced such act would mean that no wallet software would be available for US citizens. Unless... that's exactly what they wanted. They knew how this works and wanted to slip a ban through the Congress, thinking that not enough people will notice what it really is.
Time is running out for Biden and his team of crooks though. The awareness is rising among politicians and there's no way they can get the majority to ban wallets or mining in the US at this point.
Biden doesn't understand bitcoin, this is too much for his old head, so he's given up and allowed "his people" to do what they want in this matter. These people struck deals with banks who want to slow bitcoin as much as possible. At first the goal was to ban bitcoin, but all the attempts to do so were stopped early. Their latest failed achievement was an act that was supposed to make all the wallet providers assign addresses to names of their clients, which was so ridiculous that it exposed their true intentions and lack of knowledge. It's of course impossible for wallet providers to make clients disclose their private information every time they make a new address and if introduced such act would mean that no wallet software would be available for US citizens. Unless... that's exactly what they wanted. They knew how this works and wanted to slip a ban through the Congress, thinking that not enough people will notice what it really is.
Time is running out for Biden and his team of crooks though. The awareness is rising among politicians and there's no way they can get the majority to ban wallets or mining in the US at this point.
First they start regulating it, then they'll end up banning it once they realize they can't stop the revolution. We always knew what was coming from the very beginning. Governments want power/control over people. And Bitcoin is the exact opposite of everything banks and governments stand for. This recent move by the US is the first step towards further scrutiny of the mining industry. Things could get worse in the long run.
America needs crypto-friendly politicians that will benefit the industry in the long run. Otherwise, you can say goodbye to BTC and altcoins in the US for good (although it will still be possible to use them under the radar). No one can predict the future, so lets hope for the best.
Therefore, miners gotta be careful. Imagine the government forcing them to connect to "approved" pools, like some shady social club. They could pump up the hashrate of these pools, messing with Bitcoin's whole decentralization thing. Not good.
a mining pool is just a piece of software(node with extra scripts(stratum)). it is not a facility
dont confuse mining pools vs asic farms
Yeah the biggest pool more or less is foundry.
They are commercial you need to have at least 20ph to join them.
That would be about 100 S21 units which would burn 350kwatts an hour.
basically a 20 foot container loaded to the brim.
Now many actual mines can have 100 of these containers burning 35000 kwatts or 35 mega watts.
There are huge farms in Texas not pools. They help stabilize the Texas power grid.
When Texas needs a lot of power for ac in the summer they shut the gear off and get paid to do so.
The fear that btc will be owned by the government is just dumb as it is already owned.
even if "foundry" node that manages the pool is in location T. asics do not need to also be in location T
if governments only wanted to attack a POOL. foundry can just run its node+stratum from location A in minutes-hours
if governments wanted to ban mining in T. then asic owners that can move (the containers you speak of) can be loaded on trucks and be in any other place in 12-36 hours, internationally in 14-30 days
Therefore, miners gotta be careful. Imagine the government forcing them to connect to "approved" pools, like some shady social club. They could pump up the hashrate of these pools, messing with Bitcoin's whole decentralization thing. Not good.
a mining pool is just a piece of software(node with extra scripts(stratum)). it is not a facility
dont confuse mining pools vs asic farms
Yeah the biggest pool more or less is foundry.
They are commercial you need to have at least 20ph to join them.
That would be about 100 S21 units which would burn 350kwatts an hour.
basically a 20 foot container loaded to the brim.
Now many actual mines can have 100 of these containers burning 35000 kwatts or 35 mega watts.
There are huge farms in Texas not pools. They help stabilize the Texas power grid.
When Texas needs a lot of power for ac in the summer they shut the gear off and get paid to do so.
The fear that btc will be owned by the government is just dumb as it is already owned.
Therefore, miners gotta be careful. Imagine the government forcing them to connect to "approved" pools, like some shady social club. They could pump up the hashrate of these pools, messing with Bitcoin's whole decentralization thing. Not good.
a mining pool is just a piece of software(node with extra scripts(stratum)). it is not a facility
dont confuse mining pools vs asic farms
That's the aim, C.E.N.S.O.R.S.H.I.P!
Bitcoin will become censored, that's why Blackrock got involved and that's why ETFs were approved.
I do sadly have the same intuition. I think true Bitcoiners will face some tough times soon. It all seems like things are getting better for Bitcoin but I think behind the curtains a really bad bullet is being loaded up for us.Bitcoin will become censored, that's why Blackrock got involved and that's why ETFs were approved.
Now the question is What is next? What do we do? Bitcoin gets Censorship. Anonymity becomes mainly taboo. What is next for us, how do we fight this? Is it just over then, or is there a way we can continue to escape?
Some Chinese people migrated to Georgia after the mining ban but to be fair, BitFury has total dominance on Bitcoin mining in this country.
I read an article this morning that discussed that many Chinese miners have started setting up shop in Ethiopia, following the country's favorable electricity prices and the fact that they made Bitcoin mining legal in 2022. A lot of the energy they use comes from hydropower, though. It only shows that there are alternatives, unless these countries become pressured by the elitists from the West to apply certain regulations and do things their way, or else... 
Alright but what would such an attack do?
If the govt tries in some way to restrict mining in the US, companies can move their miners to other nations, it's not like this hasn't happened before.
If they "ban" mining, the miners would definitely migrate but if it is only restrictions and regulations, it is less likely. What has happened before is the first case, like in China when they "banned" mining, the miners migrated. What is happening now is the second case.If the govt tries in some way to restrict mining in the US, companies can move their miners to other nations, it's not like this hasn't happened before.
You see, packing everything up and moving it to another country with different mining regulations, different tax laws and having to find a reliable power source there is not an easy task for miners to just pack up and leave each time there were some "restrictions".
Bitcoin is useless in a world covered in forms and Know Your Customer procedures. What would be the point then.
If you think about it, that's the way it already is. KYC and AML procedures are already a part of Bitcoin because most of the buying and selling takes place on centralized service providers. It's no different with crypto debit cards that allow convenient exchange of crypto for fiat. The anonymous and private transactions are the minority. Biden doesn't understand bitcoin, this is too much for his old head, so he's given up and allowed "his people" to do what they want in this matter.
Biden isn't the biggest problem. He has other concerns to worry about. Not going completely senile is one of them. Joking aside, he needs to convince the nation to give him another mandate, and I don't think that's going very well. Regarding Bitcoin, the bigger danger are the people he trusts that whisper in his ear. That's the real danger. He is just the one giving the final go ahead with his signature. 
Biden doesn't understand much about anything really, not anymore at least but he does basically decide on who should know more about what, which means he builds his team, then the rest is done by others. You can't put the blame on him at this point, this is more about his team, people who are in position to do these things and that is what hurts them the most.
I understand that it is going to be a tough decision to make, and I get that we are going to end up with a trouble that would not be all that easy to handle if the people in power do not want this. All in all, governments are in power for a while, and they will change, so that means we are going to end up with something that will be either good, or bad and temporary.
The fact that he is in that position puts all the blame on him, specially since nobody forced him to run for president 4 years ago despite being just as senile as he is today.I understand that it is going to be a tough decision to make, and I get that we are going to end up with a trouble that would not be all that easy to handle if the people in power do not want this. All in all, governments are in power for a while, and they will change, so that means we are going to end up with something that will be either good, or bad and temporary.
As for the second part, I have to say with changing presidents the laws don't change. In fact a lot of things remain the same. Take the gun laws and its related mess, they don't change no matter who's in office. They can't even change such things.
It's going to be the same with Bitcoin, if they feel like they need to move ahead with restrictions, they will move ahead and it won't change after Biden is out...
All of that are unnecessary unless they want to let us know that Bitcoin is no more of the potential of self custodian or that the Bitcoin miners and holders are no more safe in the hands of the US government.
Or maybe I should assume the US government wants to implement taxation on the Bitcoin miners as a caused of being so attracted with greeds or should I called that to be oppression?
I just hope things goes well that Bitcoin would be reliable, self custodian with a good reputation as usual.
Or maybe I should assume the US government wants to implement taxation on the Bitcoin miners as a caused of being so attracted with greeds or should I called that to be oppression?
I just hope things goes well that Bitcoin would be reliable, self custodian with a good reputation as usual.
Biden doesn't understand bitcoin, this is too much for his old head, so he's given up and allowed "his people" to do what they want in this matter. These people struck deals with banks who want to slow bitcoin as much as possible. At first the goal was to ban bitcoin, but all the attempts to do so were stopped early. Their latest failed achievement was an act that was supposed to make all the wallet providers assign addresses to names of their clients, which was so ridiculous that it exposed their true intentions and lack of knowledge. It's of course impossible for wallet providers to make clients disclose their private information every time they make a new address and if introduced such act would mean that no wallet software would be available for US citizens. Unless... that's exactly what they wanted. They knew how this works and wanted to slip a ban through the Congress, thinking that not enough people will notice what it really is.
Time is running out for Biden and his team of crooks though. The awareness is rising among politicians and there's no way they can get the majority to ban wallets or mining in the US at this point.
Biden doesn't understand much about anything really, not anymore at least but he does basically decide on who should know more about what, which means he builds his team, then the rest is done by others. You can't put the blame on him at this point, this is more about his team, people who are in position to do these things and that is what hurts them the most.Time is running out for Biden and his team of crooks though. The awareness is rising among politicians and there's no way they can get the majority to ban wallets or mining in the US at this point.
I understand that it is going to be a tough decision to make, and I get that we are going to end up with a trouble that would not be all that easy to handle if the people in power do not want this. All in all, governments are in power for a while, and they will change, so that means we are going to end up with something that will be either good, or bad and temporary.
Meh, i hope that at least someone will ignore that poll. Im sure that they will seize miners sooner or later
Biden doesn't understand bitcoin, this is too much for his old head, so he's given up and allowed "his people" to do what they want in this matter.
Biden isn't the biggest problem. He has other concerns to worry about. Not going completely senile is one of them. Joking aside, he needs to convince the nation to give him another mandate, and I don't think that's going very well. Regarding Bitcoin, the bigger danger are the people he trusts that whisper in his ear. That's the real danger. He is just the one giving the final go ahead with his signature. 
Their goal is to attack bitcoin from every angle and you have to realize why this is being done.
Biden doesn't understand bitcoin, this is too much for his old head, so he's given up and allowed "his people" to do what they want in this matter. These people struck deals with banks who want to slow bitcoin as much as possible. At first the goal was to ban bitcoin, but all the attempts to do so were stopped early. Their latest failed achievement was an act that was supposed to make all the wallet providers assign addresses to names of their clients, which was so ridiculous that it exposed their true intentions and lack of knowledge. It's of course impossible for wallet providers to make clients disclose their private information every time they make a new address and if introduced such act would mean that no wallet software would be available for US citizens. Unless... that's exactly what they wanted. They knew how this works and wanted to slip a ban through the Congress, thinking that not enough people will notice what it really is.
Time is running out for Biden and his team of crooks though. The awareness is rising among politicians and there's no way they can get the majority to ban wallets or mining in the US at this point.
Biden doesn't understand bitcoin, this is too much for his old head, so he's given up and allowed "his people" to do what they want in this matter. These people struck deals with banks who want to slow bitcoin as much as possible. At first the goal was to ban bitcoin, but all the attempts to do so were stopped early. Their latest failed achievement was an act that was supposed to make all the wallet providers assign addresses to names of their clients, which was so ridiculous that it exposed their true intentions and lack of knowledge. It's of course impossible for wallet providers to make clients disclose their private information every time they make a new address and if introduced such act would mean that no wallet software would be available for US citizens. Unless... that's exactly what they wanted. They knew how this works and wanted to slip a ban through the Congress, thinking that not enough people will notice what it really is.
Time is running out for Biden and his team of crooks though. The awareness is rising among politicians and there's no way they can get the majority to ban wallets or mining in the US at this point.
Bitcoin is useless in a world covered in forms and Know Your Customer procedures. What would be the point then.
If you think about it, that's the way it already is. KYC and AML procedures are already a part of Bitcoin because most of the buying and selling takes place on centralized service providers. It's no different with crypto debit cards that allow convenient exchange of crypto for fiat. The anonymous and private transactions are the minority. I always thought that mining companies have to register as a business that generates money via Bitcoin mining and they also have to state how much equipment do they buy, how much do they pay into it and how much electricity they consume.
Sure, they are registered businesses but I don't think the bolded information was needed for them to start their operations. Your power distributor needs to know how much electricity you need, not the government. And the government surely didn't need to know who your provider is, but now they want to. Alright but what would such an attack do?
If the govt tries in some way to restrict mining in the US, companies can move their miners to other nations, it's not like this hasn't happened before.
If they "ban" mining, the miners would definitely migrate but if it is only restrictions and regulations, it is less likely. What has happened before is the first case, like in China when they "banned" mining, the miners migrated. What is happening now is the second case.If the govt tries in some way to restrict mining in the US, companies can move their miners to other nations, it's not like this hasn't happened before.
You see, packing everything up and moving it to another country with different mining regulations, different tax laws and having to find a reliable power source there is not an easy task for miners to just pack up and leave each time there were some "restrictions".
Food already taxed in thee supermarket. But if you open a restaurant to sell food, you need to pay new taxes.
We pay so many taxes, it's ridiculous. You manufacture, pay taxes. Distribution, pay taxes. Store in the supermarket shelf to sell, pay taxes. Then there comes the person who worked hard and got taxed for that, buys a product that has been taxed for three times. And it's ridiculous especially when you earn normal salary in Europe.Imagine living with a normal salary in a development country
Level hard!
Do you think that the US would ever try to ban Bitcoin mining? If this is just on a corporate level then it is true that individual miners are void to this requested information from the US Gov't for now. Maybe some huge regulations are underway for this, but its not the right track for progression of Bitcoin, it would truly be amazing if all countries were to embrace BTC like El Salvador has.
The grand plan is to prevent people from getting access to Bitcoin. It has always been like this since BTC's inception. The fact that governments didn't pay close attention to BTC within its early days, tell us that they underestimated its ability to replace Fiat currencies. Now that they see how big Bitcoin has become, they're trying to do everything in their power to stop it. Regulations will only get tougher over time as more people become aware of the revolution.
I wouldn't be surprised if someday American citizens are required to provide proof of ID (KYC) just to purchase a Bitcoin miner. It will be all an attempt to try to control the mining process. But the US government will fail, thanks to the way Bitcoin was designed. There are two things that could happen. Either people start making their own miners or Bitcoin moves to an ASIC-resistant PoW algorithm to render governments' efforts useless. We can't tell what will happen in the future, so lets hope for the best.
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