Arkansas Data Centers Act becomes Act 851
Arkansas Act 851 created the Arkansas Data Centers Act of 2023 and set rules limiting local discrimination against qualifying digital-asset mining businesses. The law addressed mining as a land-use and business-regulation issue rather than changing Bitcoin's protocol.
Arkansas Act 851 created the Arkansas Data Centers Act of 2023 and set rules limiting local discrimination against qualifying digital-asset mining businesses. The law addressed mining as a land-use and business-regulation issue rather than changing Bitcoin's protocol.
The mining connection was direct Bitcoin mining-policy lane. The consequence was economic and infrastructural—where hashpower could be hosted, financed, or paid—not a change to Bitcoin's consensus rules.
The Bitcoin connection ran through bitcoin mining-policy lane. State-level right-to-mine style legislation with direct consequences for Bitcoin mining.