Senator Lummis nug tsoomfwv lub luag haujlwm hauv kev tswj hwm kev siv hluav taws xob hauv crypto mining

Nyob rau hauv lub Peb Hlis 7 Senate lub rooj sib hais pawg neeg ntawm cryptocurrency thiab ib puag ncig, Senator Cynthia Lummis (R - Wyoming) kev nyuab siab tias cov qauv kev siv hluav taws xob yuav tsum tsis txhob siv rau lub hom phiaj tshwj xeeb siv hluav taws xob xws li crypto mining.

Thaum lub rooj sib tham, cov pov thawj tau nthuav tawm los ntawm ob tog ntawm qhov kev lag luam crypto-cov cuab yeej cuab tam cuam tshuam li cas rau ib puag ncig.

Cov neeg ua pov thawj tau sib tham txog kev siv hluav taws xob, kev ua haujlwm zoo, thiab lub peev xwm rau kev tswj hwm ntau dhau hauv kev lag luam. Lub rooj sib hais kuj tau cuam tshuam txog qhov tsis zoo ntawm crypto mining chaw ntawm huab cua, dej, thiab suab nrov.

Raws li Thawj Tswj Hwm Ed Markey (D-MA), Senator lub luag haujlwm los qhia txog daim nqi kawg lub Kaum Ob Hlis, "Hauv Tebchaws Meskas, carbon dioxide emissions rau bitcoin mining yog sib npaug rau txhua xyoo emissions los ntawm ntau li 7.5 lab roj av-powered tsheb. ”

Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act

Daim nqi ntawd nrhiav kev tswj hwm qhov kev nthuav tawm ntawm kev tso tawm los ntawm crypto miners thiab yuav tsum muaj lub Koom Haum Tiv Thaiv Ib puag ncig los ntsuas qhov tshwm sim ntawm crypto mining.

cov Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act yuav xav kom cov miners siv ntau tshaj 5 megawatts ntawm lub zog los tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv hais txog lawv cov emissions, thaum lub EPA yuav tsum tau kawm txog qhov cuam tshuam ntawm xws li miners rau greenhouse gas emissions.

Thaum lub Peb Hlis 7 lub rooj sib hais, Senator Cynthia Lummis, ib tug Republican los ntawm Wyoming thiab ib tug sawv cev ntawm cov nyiaj txiag innovation caucus, nug Rob Altenburg, tus thawj coj ntawm Penn Future centre, ib puag ncig kev xav tank, txog cov logic hauv qab daim nqi hauv nws daim ntawv tam sim no. .

Lummis nug seb nws puas yog Congress lub luag haujlwm los tsim txoj cai siv lub zog siv li cas. Hauv nws cov lus nug, nws tau sau tseg qhov zoo sib xws ntawm mining rau cryptocurrency ntawm lub computer thiab hluav taws xob tsheb.

"Muaj keeb kwm ntev ntawm qhov ntawd," Altenburg teb. "Peb muaj cov qauv kev siv hluav taws xob zoo rau cov khoom siv. Rau feem ntau cov pa phem, muaj kev cai lij choj uas lawv nruab qhov zoo tshaj plaws muaj cuab yeej siv los txo cov pa phem ua ntej lawv ua haujlwm, "Altenburg teb.

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Lummis kuj tau sau tseg tias nws yuav tsum tsis yog Congress txoj haujlwm los cuam tshuam txog kev siv hluav taws xob li cas.

"Yuav tsum tsis txhob EVs [sic.] kuj tseem muaj kev saib xyuas tib yam uas tau thov los ntawm daim nqi no?" Lummis nug.

"Txhua qhov chaw ntawm hluav taws xob, txawm hais tias nws yog lub teeb lossis lub suab hais lus ntawm no, yuav siv hluav taws xob thiab tsim ib qho kev ua haujlwm rau hluav taws xob," Altenburg teb, tab sis hais tias "qhov teeb meem nrog bitcoin thiab pov thawj ntawm kev ua haujlwm cryptocurrency yog. txoj haujlwm uas peb tab tom ua tsis yog qhov tsim nyog kom muaj cryptocurrency lossis muaj blockchain thev naus laus zis. "

Courtney Detlinger, tus lwm thawj tswj hwm ntawm Nebraska pej xeem hwj chim koog tsev kawm ntawv, ua tim khawv ua ntej lub rooj sib hais hais tias nws ntseeg hais tias crypto mining tseem yuav pab tau ib tug net pab rau ib puag ncig, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum diverting natural gas uas yuav emissions mus rau hauv cov huab cua.

"Kuv yeej tsis hais rau tag nrho lub zog, tab sis nyob rau hauv lub xeev Nebraska, peb tau pom cov txiaj ntsig tiag tiag," Detlinger hais rau lub rooj sib hais. "Peb tsis tau pom cov teeb meem uas tau hais thaum lub rooj sib hais niaj hnub no, thiab feem ntau ntawm cov uas nyuam qhuav tau tswj hwm hauv zos, txawm tias los ntawm lub nroog, los ntawm lub nroog, lossis los ntawm Nebraska department ntawm ib puag ncig thiab lub zog."

Tau qhov twg los: https://cryptoslate.com/senator-lummis-questions-governments-role-in-regulating-energy-use-in-crypto-mining/