NCLA has settled with DOE and EIA to formally end an attempt to force cryptocurrency mining companies to hand over sensitive information about their operations through a mandatory Cryptocurrency Mining Facilities Survey. NCLA alleged that OMB had given EIA emergency permission to collect this data despite EIA’s failure to demonstrate that short-cutting the statutory process would prevent public harm, as federal law requires.

Mark and Vec discuss Texas Blockchain Council v. Dept. of Energy and celebrate this victory in defense of privacy rights and the rule of law.

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