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Lyudmyla Kozlovska lyuda_ODF@BitcoinNostr.com 2 years ago
NORWAY IS GOING TO BAN BITCOIN MINING WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS - WE NEED TO ACT NOW Norway's Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Administration responded to @ODFoundation that it "has no plans to conduct a public consultation" on a ban on cryptocurrency mining. There is no doubt that the ban designed to target #Bitcoin mining. Unfortunately, that's a stance of the @Stortinget and the Norwegian government.
Stortinget
Innstilling fra energi- og miljøkomiteen om representantforslag om konsesjon på datasentre
Innst. 383 S (2023–2024)
 🔴 Why we should protect our #freedomtech Bitcoin in #Norway NOW: (1) Norway is fully integrated in the European Single Market throught the European Economic Area (EEA) and Schengen Agreement. It means Norway can provide its legilsative approach as an input for new legislation for the EU/EEA both: - during the preparatory phase, when the @EU_Commission is developing proposals; - during work of expert groups and committees of the European Commission; - submitting proposals and comments to European Free Trade Association on upcoming legislation. (2) As a co-founder of the @OECD , Norway sets an example of regulation worldwide and provides its legislative recommedations for global standards. (3) Norway has historically been a place to meet, share experiences and educate human rights defenders and bitcoiners from around the world. Norwegian goverment will present its investigation a ban on cryptocurrency mining by the end of 2024. 🔴 What we should do together to prevent Bitcoin mining ban: (1) Repost this post and join our #BTC Coalition to educate local communities and media about social benefits of Bitcoin mining in Norway and worldwide; (2) Help us pool resources and best practices to convince Norwegian politicians and media to explore the social benefits of Bitcoin to prevent this repressive regulation; (3) If you are a Norwegian citizen: write a letter to your legislator and government asking for public consultation and providing arguments about the social benefits of Bitcoin mining for Norway. 🧡

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Banana Shake 2 years ago
Let them ban it, it doesn’t hurt bitcoin one bit
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Odie Odie@primal.net 2 years ago
This is just a proposition from the committee. They ask the government to make a law that bans mining, but it still has to be discussed in our Storting before it actually becomes law. The discussion in the Storting IS PUBLIC. I appreciate your concern and engagement, but I find this post a bit speculative. I’m embarrassed of our politicians low bitcoin knowledge, but this is just democracy in practice. Most people in Norway have similar low knowledge, and they have elected politicians that support their everyday concerns. I think we should focus on building knowledge in general, arranging bitcoin meetups, spreading the gospel of Satoshi, stay humble and stack sats. #norgstr
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Lyudmyla Kozlovska lyuda_ODF@BitcoinNostr.com 2 years ago
We were asking about public consultations on that issue - it is a part of the regulatory process. We got an answer that they don’t have any plans to conduct such consultations. My post about that - no public consultation while preparing governmental report on the ban of mining cryptocurrencies. The fact that parliament will discuss publicly already written negative report of the government, without input of industry and end-users, doesn’t give you much.
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BlindOwl blindowl@nostrplebs.com 2 years ago
The Parliament committee has asked the government to investigate the feasibility of a crypto currency ban. That is what the ministry has been tasked with. If the government (or Parliament) decides to propose new legislation based on this investigation, a public hearing will be part of the process. That is how legislative processes work. However, what I fear, is that they will try to find ways to implement a ban based on existing legislation, and thereby bypass the thorough legislative process.
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OpnState 2 years ago
Freedom of informations are your friend here. Ask for emails relating to bitcoin mining from the state ministry/department in the FOI and unmask what the true issues really are. FOIs are very easy to send and often free. Worth ten minutes of your day?
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Lyudmyla Kozlovska lyuda_ODF@BitcoinNostr.com 2 years ago
This is what we see right now. And we got responses that “no plans to conduct public consultations”. Public hearing with just presenting reports doesn't equal to public consultations, which has to impact on the report presented in that public hearing.
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Lyudmyla Kozlovska lyuda_ODF@BitcoinNostr.com 2 years ago
I don’t think there is a need to predict, just enough to follow public discussion: what media wrote, what politicians said and what communities know about bitcoin mining. I remember times two years ago when attitude to bitcoin mining was neutral or far from negative. But now we need to address the current situation, prevent this dangerous regulatory approach.
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npub1a4m9...xk8l 2 years ago
The sad thing here from our politicians is that they mention bitcoin and the energy use is to high. Because they don’t understand bitcoin at all! Really sad 😔
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npub12a5g...s64l 2 years ago
It's certainly going to be interesting. If #btc takes off in some countries while others ban it, it won't really work as intended. Ironically #bitcoin requires a global approach to really work. I wonder if #Gold would be banned, had it not been used before countries existed? I doubt countries would have allowed something so independent of their control.
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