INTERVIEW: Europe’s Bitcoin Mining Rubicon

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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