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Is the DOE Crypto Mining Data Request an Opportunity for Energy Innovation or for Political Opportunists?

The survey offers little insight into how the data will be used and can easily become fodder for an anti-cryptocurrency narrative, Digital Energy Council founder Tom Mapes writes.

The non-profit Digital Energy Council asks that the EIA also consider the positive impacts of crypto mining on U.S. energy infrastructure, in a response to the agency's open request for comment. (Matthew Henry/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
The non-profit Digital Energy Council asks that the EIA also consider the positive impacts of crypto mining on U.S. energy infrastructure, in a response to the agency's open request for comment. (Matthew Henry/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)