The Truth About the Russia Bitcoin Mining Ban

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Denis Rusinovich, a partner at the Cryptocurrency Mining Group, speaks to Colin about the particulars of the Russia bitcoin mining ban. News broke in December that Russia would be banning bitcoin mining in 10 regions, effective January 1, 2025 through March 15, 2031. Only the ban is not an all-out ban like the first wave of reporting would have us all believe. For today’s show, Rusinovich sets the record straight and gives us a rundown of the miners who are actually affected by the ban.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start
03:09 Defining the "ban"
07:42 Legalizing mining
09:07 Identifying miners for regulation
10:22 The scope of Bitcoin mining in Russia
13:16 Subsidizing residential miners
15:50 Effect on global hashrate
17:09 Kazakhstan
22:59 Russia energy crisis?
25:54 Grid balancing
30:40 Oil & gas production areas
32:04 Chechnya
33:16 What regions have the most activity?
36:22 Miners vs hosting
37:42 Taxes
38:47 Where is investment capital coming from?
42:08 Hosted miners
43:17 Future of Russia mining
45:21 Wrap up

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