Today we’re joined by Sven Hildebrandt and Frederik Vyncke of the European Bitcoin Mining Association (EBEA) to discuss the growing regulatory threat to Bitcoin mining in Europe. Sven and Frederik detail the mining landscape, how the new MiCA regulation will affect mining, the EBEA’s push to collect mining data and how other high intensity energy industries compare to Bitcoin mining in Europe.
Check out the EBEA at https://ebea.work/
Follow our guests on Twitter: @vyncke_frederik @SvenHildebrandt
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Timestamps:
00:00 Start
03:32 Frederik Vyncke background
04:31 Sven Hildebrandt background
06:13 European Bitcoin Energy Association
11:13 Perception of mining in EU now?
17:34 MICA regulation & mining
20:12 Data required by MICA
21:28 What if no data?
22:09 Service providers on the hook not miners
23:01 This seems stupid...
24:30 Energy mix data
29:08 Complying with regulations as a miner
32:20 Where is hashrate in the EU?
35:39 South East EU mining
37:36 AI power demand
42:48 Regulatory wishlist
45:21 Public data vs proprietary data
46:04 Convincing miners to comply
49:48 Wrapping up
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