Nebraska Passes New Bill to Increase Bitcoin Mining Difficulty

The Nebraska legislature has just passed a bill regulating Bitcoin miners. Bill LB 526 requires large miners to bear the costs of infrastructure upgrades, mandates miners to report energy usage, and allows authorities to interrupt services. The bill was unanimously passed with a vote of 49:0. Nebraska's Bitcoin mining bill LB 526 is not a major setback for companies in the state. The bill is just over two pages long and is very straightforward. Unlike anti-mining bills, it does not address carbon emissions or other environmental impacts. Instead, it focuses almost entirely on the power grid.