Norwegian Bitcoin Mining Ban Was Struck Down
A bill banning bitcoin mining, authored by the communist party in Norway, was struck down by a majority vote in the Norwegian parliament.A bill seeking to ban energy intensive mining for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin was struck down by the Norwegian parliament on May 10. The communist Red Party who authored the bill was supported by both the Green Party and Socialist Left party. The minority also attempted to create an electricity tax for energy intensive cryptocurrency miners. A Bitcoin bill seeking to eliminate energy intensive cryptocurrency mining was rejected in Norway with a majority....
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