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Re:US infrastructure bill could make crypto mining illegal by rvz on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @09:34PM (#28068713)
> It will be impossible for the brokers to fill out the 1099s and be in violation of the Tax Code and at the IRS' mercy. Essentially it would be impossible to legally mine crypto in the United States of America.

So where are all the miners that were outlawed in China going to go now? Probably not the US if this 'thing' gets passed through.

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Re:US infrastructure bill could make crypto mining illegal by teslafire124 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @09:51PM (#28068831)
Whichever other countries have the infrastructure to support the required hardware. That's going to keep dwindling if this goes through and other countries follow suit.
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