H4shr8 Crypto Mining Podcast

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 Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! 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 Wher