NH Commission to Study Cryptocurrency - First Meeting - FULL VIDEO
A half-dozen liberty activists from Keene carpooled up to the Legislative Office Building in Concord yesterday for the first publicly-attended meeting of the New Hampshire state house "Commission to Study Cryptocurrency".
The audience was filled with mostly liberty-friendly folks. There were a few lobbyists present, but the only one who spoke was Darryl W Perry of the new Liberty Lobby LLC. The overall message from the speakers was against any regulations whatsoever, and the chairman of the committee, Representative John Hunt of Rindge, spoke favorably of the free market and seemed against any regulations. There was only one real proponent of regulation, Maryam Torben-Desfosses. She was representing the NH Banking Department and it's her job to regulate, so it's no surprise she was there speaking in favor.
The goal of the commission is to either recommend for or against regulation of cryptocurrency. After hearing from several speakers, the commission scheduled its next meeting for October 6th at 10am, room 302 of the Legislative Office Building in Concord.
David Brooks of Granite Geek has a good preview writeup of the meeting on his site with a full article coming. Here's the full video:
I'm curious to see what it will take to get Poloniex to serve New Hampshire residents again, but given their attitude maybe it's better to find an alternative.
Good to see a relatively positive response from the state.
Poloniex was disappointing - their rep said he expected regulation. This is New Hampshire - it doesn't have to be that way. It's always sad to see companies jumping through hoops they don't need to and buddying up with the state.
Everyone else who spoke was great though, including the chairman of the panel who spoke of the free market. I love New Hampshire.
I'm interested to see what happens in New Hampshire, because they also have the Free State Project. Hopefully they're friendly to cryptocurrencies and move towards liberty.
It really is amazing to live an a community with so many like-minded individuals. Live Free or Die!