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 Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! 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 Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!  👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices