PSA to miners and node operators in Illinois, USA

As many of you have surely heard, senate bill 1887 as proposed would essentially outlaw mining, validating, and running a node in Illinois (in the name of consumer protection). Whether this is an act of criminal incompetence or underhandedness is unclear.

Does this stop bitcoin? Of course not, but that doesn’t mean we want it slowed down either - better to win without fighting the war.

If you live in Illinois I urge you to contact your house representative on this matter.

You can find your representative by your address at:

Illinoispolicy.org/maps/illinois-house/#

After looking that up you can also look up more contact details at:

Ilga.gov/house/

I just left voice messages and an email urging my representative to oppose SB1887 in its current form as it is unworkable and would drive talent, innovation, and business in the crypto industry out of state.