New York legislators are digging in for a fight over Bitcoin mining.
Senate Bill S6486B, which restricts the granting of permits to Bitcoin mining operations on environmental grounds, passed the upper house by a 36-27 margin. The bill, sponsored by Democratic Senator Kevin Parker, now heads to the Democrat-controlled Assembly.
As originally written, the bill would have placed a three-year moratorium on all Bitcoin mining so that the state could do an environmental impact assessment. That would have all but forced mining facilities in the state to pack up and leave town.
#NYSenate Bill S6486B, sponsored by @SenatorParker, passed (36-27, unofficial). Establishes a moratorium on consolidated operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions:https://t.co/P2gDKdPnL5
— New York State Senate (@NYSenate) June 8, 2021
The amended bill revises the state’s Environmental Conservation Law to prevent new operations from receiving permits to operate in
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