阿肯色州拒絕將禁止BTC獎勵礦工在軍事設施附近建立業務的法案

州參議院的紐約市，縣和地方事務委員會以6-1投票反對擬議的參議院第30號法案，該法案由參議員里奇·希爾（Ricky Hill）（R-Cabot）贊助。

A bill that would have banned BTC block reward miners from setting up operations within a 30-mile radius of a military facility has been rejected in Arkansas.

一項將禁止BTC獎勵礦工在軍事設施半徑範圍內建立業務的法案在阿肯色州被拒絕。

The City, County and Local Affairs Committee at the State Senate voted 6-1 against the proposed Senate Bill 30, which was sponsored by Sen. Ricky Hill (R-Cabot).

州參議院的紐約市，縣和地方事務委員會以6-1投票反對擬議的參議院第30號法案，該法案由參議員里奇·希爾（Ricky Hill）（R-Cabot）贊助。

According to local reports, the lengthy debate on the bill spilled over to discussions on digital assets in general, putting Sen. Hill on the defensive as he attempted to separate his stance on ‘crypto’ and his fight against miners stationed close to military operations.

根據當地的報導，關於該法案的漫長辯論散佈在有關數字資產的討論中，這使參議員希爾試圖將自己對“加密貨幣”的立場分開，而他與礦工的鬥爭則駐紮在軍事行動附近。

“Crypto is here to stay; I am not anti-crypto; I am pro-military; my stance here is I want to do all I can to protect our military and their facilities,” Hill told the committee members.

“加密貨幣將留在這裡；我不是反克雷普托；我是親軍的；我在這裡的立場是，我想盡一切可能保護我們的軍隊及其設施。”希爾告訴委員會成員。

He added that Arkansas has over 53,000 square miles and that his bill would only restrict a 30-mile radius around five military facilities. However, the committee members were unsold on the bill’s merits or the state’s role in restricting mining activities, which they say is a federal role.

他補充說，阿肯色州擁有超過53,000平方英里，他的賬單只會限制五個軍事設施的30英里半徑。但是，委員會成員未兌現該法案的優點或該州在限制採礦活動中的作用，他們說這是聯邦角色。

“If our federal government, under two different administrations, has not seen the threat, I think it’s not in our interest to make that decision for them,” said Sen. Joshua Bryant (R-Rogers).

參議員約書亞·布萊恩特（Joshua Bryant）（R-Rogers）說：“如果我們的聯邦政府在兩個不同的政府中沒有看到威脅，我認為為他們做出決定並不符合我們的利益。”

While the bill would apply to the five military facilities in Arkansas, Sen. Hill’s immediate target was a mining operation under construction in Cabot, about five miles from the Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville. Florida-based Interstate Holdings owns the mine and has received heavy criticism from the local community and its leadership for months, led by Cabot Mayor Ken Kincade. Initially, the complaints were centered on common criticism, such as the noise levels at the prospective mine and the energy consumption. However, the local leaders introduced the national security concerns angle late last year, which culminated in Sen. Hill’s bill.

雖然該法案將適用於阿肯色州的五個軍事設施，但參議員希爾的直接目標是在卡博特（Cabot）進行的一次採礦業務，距離傑克遜維爾（Jacksonville）的小石城空軍基地約五英里。總部位於佛羅里達州的州際控股公司擁有該礦，並在卡博特市長肯·金凱德（Ken Kincade）領導的幾個月內受到了當地社區及其領導層的嚴厲批評。最初，投訴以普遍的批評為中心，例如潛在礦山的噪音水平和能源消耗。但是，當地領導人去年年底引入了國家安全問題，這最終達到了希爾的法案。

The bill sought to align itself with a broader wave of criticism of miners deploying their rigs close to military facilities in the United States, owing to the outsized influence of Chinese investors in these companies.

該法案試圖與對礦工在美國軍事設施附近部署鑽機的更廣泛的批評保持一致，這是由於中國投資者在這些公司中的巨大影響。

Last May, then-president Joe Biden issued an executive order barring Mine One Partners, a BTC miner, from acquiring land in Cheyenne, Wyoming, near the Francis Warren Air Force Base. Mine One is based in the British Virgin Islands but is reportedly owned by Chinese nationals.

去年5月，當時的總統喬·拜登（Joe Biden）發出了一項行政命令，禁止我的一名合夥人（BTC礦工）在弗朗西斯·沃倫（Francis Warren）空軍基地附近收購懷俄明州夏安（Cheyenne）的土地。我的一人總部位於英屬維爾京群島，但據報導由中國國民擁有。

In his order, former President Biden stated that the proximity of the operation to a “strategic missile base and key element of America’s nuclear triad, and the presence of specialized and foreign-sourced equipment potentially capable of facilitating surveillance and espionage activities, presents a national security risk to the United States.”

前總統拜登（Biden）在命令下表示，該行動靠近“戰略導彈基礎和美國核三合會的關鍵要素”，並且在場的存在可能能夠促進監視和間諜活動的專業和外國源設備，提出了一項國家的國家國家美國的安全風險。”

The Arkansas bill sought to evoke similar concerns, with Sen. Hill stating last December, “Why did they pick this facility that’s less than five miles away from our air base? This is a national security concern.”

阿肯色州法案試圖引起類似的擔憂，希爾參議員去年12月說：“為什麼他們選擇距離我們的空中基地不到五英里的設施？這是國家安全問題。”

Canadian BTC miner Bitfarms explores AI

加拿大BTC礦工Bitfarms探索了AI

Elsewhere, one of Canada’s largest BTC block reward miners, Bitfarms, is exploring a shift to artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. The Toronto-based company announced that it enlisted the services of two consultants—Appleby Strategy Group and World Wide Technology—to conduct a feasibility analysis on its mining sites in Canada and the U.S. and advise on an AI strategy.

在其他地方，加拿大最大的BTC獎勵礦工Bitfarms之一正在探索轉向人工智能（AI）數據中心。這家總部位於多倫多的公司宣布，它吸引了兩名顧問的服務（Appleby Strategy Group和World Wide Technology），以對其在加拿大和美國的採礦場所進行可行性分析，並就AI策略提供建議。

Bitfarms joins dozens of other BTC miners seeking greener pastures in AI due to the ever-reducing revenues from their mining operations since the BTC halving last April. With AI the biggest tech buzzword and with over $3 trillion to be invested in the technology by 2030, the miners are pivoting away from BTC.

Bitfarms與數十名BTC礦工一起在AI中尋求綠色牧場的其他數十名礦工，因為自去年四月BTC減半以來，他們的採礦業務不斷減少。 AI是最大的技術流行語，到2030年將投資於該技術超過3萬億美元，礦工將遠離BTC。

Hut 8 (NASDAQ: HUT), Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZW), Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR), Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT), Iris Energy (NASDAQ: IREN), and DMG Blockchain (NASDAQ: DMGGF) are among the miners who now offer data centers to AI clients.

HUT 8（NASDAQ：HUT），核心科學（NASDAQ：CORZW），BITDEER（NASDAQ：BTDR），RIOT平台（Nasdaq：Riot），Iris Energy（Nasdaq：Iren）和DMG區塊鏈（Nasdaq：DMGGF）（Nasdaq ：DMGGF）之一現在向AI客戶提供數據中心的礦工。

Commenting on the pivot, CEO Ben Gagnon said that the company has been in discussions with AI and high-performance computing (HPC) clients, and “we are confident that our North American portfolio pipeline is strongly suited for HPC/AI.”

首席執行官本·加格農（Ben Gagnon）在評論該樞軸時表示，該公司一直在與AI和高性能計算（HPC）客戶進行討論，並且“我們有信心我們的北美投資組合管道非常適合HPC/AI。”

“The contracts associated with HPC/AI customers provide long-term, steady cash flows and earnings streams while our [BTC] mining operations will continue to monetize [BTC] ‘s flexible upside potential, creating a powerful and resilient portfolio that will generate long-term value for our shareholders.”

“與HPC/AI客戶相關的合同提供了長期，穩定的現金流量和收益流，而我們的[BTC]採礦業務將繼續使[BTC]的靈活上空潛力獲利，從而產生一個強大而有彈性的產品組合，從而產生長期 - 我們股東的期限價值。”

Bitfarms operates 12 mining sites across the U.S., Canada, Argentina and Paraguay. However, it announced a week ago that it had signed an agreement to sell the largest of its three mining sites in Paraguay to rival Hive Digital (TSXV: HIVE). More sales could be due soon in Latin America, with Gagnon revealing that the company intends to have at least 80% of its operations in North America

Bitfarms在美國，加拿大，阿根廷和巴拉圭各地運營12個採礦地點。但是，它一周前宣布已簽署了一項協議，將其在巴拉圭的三個採礦地點出售給競爭對手Hive Digital（TSXV：Hive）。拉丁美洲可能很快就會產生更多銷售，加格農透露該公司打算在北美至少擁有80％的業務