儘管全省範圍內禁止採礦，溫哥華仍探索成為“比特幣友好城市”

儘管溫哥華市議會已通過一項動議，探索成為“比特幣友好城市”，但不列顛哥倫比亞省在 2025 年 12 月之前仍禁止全省範圍內開採 BTC。

British Columbia's bitcoin mining ban, which began in December 2022, is still in place until December 2025. The ban was put in place by the provincial government to address energy concerns.

不列顛哥倫比亞省於 2022 年 12 月開始實施的比特幣挖礦禁令一直持續到 2025 年 12 月。

A legal challenge to the ban was filed by Conifex Timber, a forest products company that had planned to open bitcoin mining operations in the province. The B.C. Supreme Court upheld the ban in early 2024, ruling that the government's policy was reasonable and aligned with public utility regulations.

Conifex Timber 對該禁令提出了法律質疑，該公司是一家林產品公司，計劃在該省開設比特幣採礦業務。 BC省最高法院於2024年初維持了該禁令，裁定政府的政策合理且符合公用事業法規。

The court also noted that BC Hydro, the largest electricity utility in the province, relies heavily on hydroelectric power, which generates over 90% of its electricity.

法院還指出，BC Hydro 是該省最大的電力公司，其 90% 以上的電力嚴重依賴水力發電。

A motion was introduced to Vancouver's City Council by Mayor Ken Sim, which aimed to explore the possibility of making the city more bitcoin-friendly. The motion highlighted the financial benefits of bitcoin and mentioned the advantages of bitcoin mining.

市長 Ken Sim 向溫哥華市議會提出了一項動議，旨在探索讓該市對比特幣更加友善的可能性。該動議強調了比特幣的經濟利益，並提到了比特幣挖礦的優勢。

However, the city's efforts to promote bitcoin mining are limited by provincial electricity regulations and the fact that BC Hydro falls under provincial jurisdiction.

然而，該市推動比特幣挖礦的努力受到省級電力法規以及 BC Hydro 屬於省級管轄的事實的限制。

"The Province still has a ban on cryptocurrency mining and is continuing its work towards a permanent cryptocurrency mining policy," a BC Hydro spokesperson said.

BC Hydro 發言人表示：“該省仍然禁止加密貨幣挖礦，並正在繼續努力製定永久性的加密貨幣挖礦政策。”

Earlier this year, B.C.'s legislature passed an updated version of the Energy Statutes Amendment Act, which was initially drafted following BC Hydro's temporary suspension of bitcoin mining connections to the provincial grid.

今年早些時候，BC 省立法機關通過了能源法規修正案的更新版本，該法案最初是在 BC Hydro 暫時停止與省級電網的比特幣挖礦連接後起草的。

The updated Act notably empowers the provincial government to bypass the BC Utilities Commission, which is the Provincial electricity regulator, and grants the government direct authority to regulate electricity service specifically for crypto.

更新後的法案特別授權省政府繞過省電力監管機構 BC 公用事業委員會，並授予政府直接監管專門針對加密貨幣的電力服務的權力。

Conifex Timber, which had bitcoin mining farms in the province that were slated for connection to the grid, argued in court that these conditions were "unduly discriminatory and unreasonable."

Conifex Timber 在該省擁有比特幣礦場，並計劃與電網連接，該公司在法庭上辯稱，這些條件「過度歧視且不合理」。

Ultimately, a Provincial judge disagreed with these claims, and the conditions remained in place.

最終，一名省法官不同意這些說法，而且條件仍然有效。

"One question arising out of the move towards regulating electricity with respect to crypto-mining projects is whether the Province could begin to regulate the availability of electricity for other industries in a similar manner," lawyers at McCarthy Tetrault, a Canadian law firm, noted in a May 2024 post.

加拿大律師事務所 McCarthy Tetrault 的律師指出：「針對加密貨幣挖礦計畫的電力監管舉措所產生的一個問題是，該省是否可以開始以類似的方式監管其他行業的電力供應。」在2024 年5 月的貼文中。

During the debate over the updated Act, lawyers from McCarthy Tetrault highlighted that the leader of the provincial Green Party argued in the legislature that Liquified Natural Gas and emerging technologies like AI should face energy regulations similar to bitcoin mining.

在關於更新法案的辯論中，McCarthy Tetrault 的律師強調，省綠黨領導人在立法機構中辯稱，液化天然氣和人工智慧等新興技術應該面臨類似比特幣挖礦的能源法規。

This push was driven by the party's stance on the high energy use and limited economic benefits of these industries.

這項推動是由於黨對這些產業能源消耗高和經濟效益有限的立場所推動的。

Local bitcoin mining bans are not an uncommon occurrence in various jurisdictions across the country. For instance, New York State has a moratorium on bitcoin mining, with an exception for renewable energy.

在全國各地的各個司法管轄區，當地的比特幣開採禁令並不少見。例如，紐約州暫停了比特幣開採，但再生能源除外。

On the other hand, some states, like Arkansas and Montana, have bills that protect bitcoin miners from what they describe as "discrimination."

另一方面，一些州，如阿肯色州和蒙大拿州，制定了保護比特幣礦工免受他們所說的「歧視」的法案。

Recently, Pennsylvania scrapped its mining ban to advance other energy conservation bills.

最近，賓州取消了採礦禁令，以推進其他節能法案。