If Harris wins, does that spell doom for MAGA Bitcoin miners?
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today we are joined by Kyle Schneps, VP of Public Policy at Bitcoin mining pool Foundry, joins us to discuss…well the election! Why did Bitcoin miners go so hard for Trump and will there be repercussions? Why did Foundry sit in between and not endorse either candidate? And what actually matters more in 2024, States or the Federal level?
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Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:05 Foundry & political lobbying
04:09 New York state politics
11:10 Trump, AI & energy policy
17:33 Harris statement on crypto
22:54 Miners love Trump?
27:16 What happens if Harris looses?
30:47 US Bitcoin industry
32:24 Key election issues for Bitcoin
37:12 Miners working with energy companies
39:29 Get involved
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