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Trudeau vs. Bitcoin Mining
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diff --git a/wiki/storylines/trudeau-vs-bitcoin-mining.md b/wiki/storylines/trudeau-vs-bitcoin-mining.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..df2b730e @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: Trudeau vs. Bitcoin Mining +type: storyline +status: confirmed +sources: + - raw/news/trudeau-threatens-to-ban-bitcoin-mining-steve-barbour-sets-up-generator-and-hash-hut-in-ot.json +--- + +**Trudeau vs. Bitcoin mining** chronicles the Canadian state's campaign against proof-of-work and the miners' escalating, generator-powered resistance. It is the Bugleverse's northern counterpart to [[storylines/elizabeth-warren-vs-bitcoin|Elizabeth Warren vs. Bitcoin]]: a regulator swings, and Bitcoin's incentives swing back harder. + +## Beats + +1. **The Ottawa Hash Hut (January 2023).** President [[characters/justin-trudeau|Justin Trudeau]] threatens to ban Bitcoin mining; [[characters/steve-barbour|Steve Barbour]] responds by installing a Hash Hut and generator in central Ottawa, pledging to add a megawatt of capacity per day until the threats are rescinded. The state freezes his bank account to no effect; miners blockade roads with S9-chassis barriers; a hardware buying frenzy sells out [[companies/kaboomracks|Kaboomracks]]; Trudeau retreats into seclusion with severe climate change side effects, expected to declare his second state of emergency ([[news/trudeau-threatens-to-ban-bitcoin-mining-steve-barbour-sets-up-generator-and-hash-hut-in-ottawa|Trudeau Threatens To Ban Bitcoin Mining]]). + +## Cast + +- [[characters/steve-barbour|Steve Barbour]] — protagonist, megawatt escalator +- [[characters/justin-trudeau|Justin Trudeau]] — antagonist, account freezer +- [[companies/kaboomracks|Kaboomracks]] — arms dealer (sold out) +- JW Weatherman — freelance litigation threat + +## Themes + +Civil disobedience denominated in megawatts; the impotence of account freezes against Bitcoin funding; the trucker convoy replayed as monetary policy. + +## All known sources + +*Compiled by Henry's breadth sweep of every episode description and headline; the deep replay expands each beat.* + +### Bugle News (7) + +- [[news/trudeau-threatens-to-ban-bitcoin-mining-steve-barbour-sets-up-generator-and-hash-hut-in-ottawa|Trudeau Threatens To Ban Bitcoin mining, Steve Barbour Sets Up Generator And Hash Hut In Ottawa]] — 2023-01-20 +- [[news/trudeau-sets-sights-on-whipping-canadas-inflation-problem|Trudeau Sets Sights on Whipping Canada's Inflation Problem]] — 2023-09-19 +- [[news/fbi-raids-mans-house-for-heating-it-with-bitmain-antminer-s9-is-charged-with-intentional-climate-change|Police Raid Man's Home For Heating It With S9, Charged With Intentional Climate Change]] — 2023-11-02 +- [[news/why-america-needs-to-beat-canada-to-100k-bitcoin|Why America Needs To Beat Canada To $100k Bitcoin]] — 2023-11-09 +- [[news/minneapolis-airport|Michigan Man's Determination to Be First to Experience $100k Bitcoin Has Left Currency Exchange Out of Canadian Dollars]] — 2023-11-10 +- [[news/price-of-hash-huts-steve-barbour|Steve Barbour Pivots To Selling Hash Huts In Toronto Real Estate Market]] — 2024-03-19 +- [[news/canadian-bitcoin-mining-pioneer-arrested-for-running-underground-clean-coal-network-a-hero-or-a-villain|Police Finally Catch Infamous "Canadian Clean-Coal Vigilante": A Hero or a Villain?]] — 2024-05-24 +