尽管全省范围内禁止采矿，温哥华仍探索成为“比特币友好城市”

尽管温哥华市议会已通过一项动议，探索成为“比特币友好城市”，但不列颠哥伦比亚省在 2025 年 12 月之前仍禁止全省范围内开采 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.

不列颠哥伦比亚省于 2022 年 12 月开始实施的比特币挖矿禁令一直持续到 2025 年 12 月。该禁令是由省政府实施的，旨在解决能源问题。

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 对该禁令提出了法律质疑，该公司是一家林产品公司，计划在该省开设比特币采矿业务。 BC省最高法院于2024年初维持了该禁令，裁定政府的政策合理且符合公用事业法规。

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.

法院还指出，BC Hydro 是该省最大的电力公司，其 90% 以上的电力严重依赖水力发电。

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.

市长 Ken Sim 向温哥华市议会提出了一项动议，旨在探索让该市对比特币更加友好的可能性。该动议强调了比特币的经济利益，并提到了比特币挖矿的优势。

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，该市推动比特币挖矿的努力受到省级电力法规以及 BC Hydro 属于省级管辖的事实的限制。

"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 发言人表示：“该省仍然禁止加密货币挖矿，并正在继续努力制定永久性的加密货币挖矿政策。”

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.

今年早些时候，BC 省立法机关通过了能源法规修正案的更新版本，该法案最初是在 BC Hydro 暂时停止与省级电网的比特币挖矿连接后起草的。

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.

更新后的法案特别授权省政府绕过省电力监管机构 BC 公用事业委员会，并授予政府直接监管专门针对加密货币的电力服务的权力。

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 在该省拥有比特币矿场，计划与电网连接，该公司在法庭上辩称，这些条件“过度歧视且不合理”。

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

最终，一名省法官不同意这些说法，并且条件仍然有效。

"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.

加拿大律师事务所 McCarthy Tetrault 的律师指出：“针对加密货币挖矿项目的电力监管举措所产生的一个问题是，该省是否可以开始以类似的方式监管其他行业的电力供应。”在 2024 年 5 月的帖子中。

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.

在关于更新法案的辩论中，McCarthy Tetrault 的律师强调，省绿党领导人在立法机构中辩称，液化天然气和人工智能等新兴技术应该面临类似于比特币挖矿的能源法规。

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

这一推动是由于党对这些行业能源消耗高和经济效益有限的立场所推动的。

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.

在全国各地的各个司法管辖区，当地的比特币开采禁令并不少见。例如，纽约州暂停了比特币开采，但可再生能源除外。

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，制定了保护比特币矿工免受他们所说的“歧视”的法案。

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

最近，宾夕法尼亚州取消了采矿禁令，以推进其他节能法案。