Summary
TLDR: The Energy Information Administration is dropping its emergency survey of bitcoin miners after legal action by the Texas Blockchain Council and others. The EIA will follow proper procedures in the future and destroy any information already collected. The survey was controversial and required miners to disclose sensitive information about their energy use.
Key Points
1. The Energy Information Administration is dropping its emergency survey of bitcoin miners, following a temporary restraining order granted to the Texas Blockchain Council and Riot Platforms.
2. The Chamber of Digital Commerce stated that any future surveys of cryptocurrency miners by the EIA must undergo proper notice and comment procedures as mandated by law.
3. The EIA will destroy any information already received from the survey and will publish a Federal Register notice of the proposed collection of information, replacing the emergency notice issued in early February.