Bern’s Bitcoin Parliamentary Group is calling the commissioning of the report a victory, although the executive branch is opposed to it.
The parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern has passed a motion to commission a report on Bitcoin mining. The canton’s Government Council, its executive authority, has already voiced its opposition to the report — and Bitcoin mining — but supporters are calling this a victory.
The report was proposed by the multiparty Bitcoin Parliamentary Group, consisting of 23 members. It passed by a vote of 85 to 46.
The report will consider where excess energy could be sourced in the canton, potential collaboration with Swiss Bitcoin miners and the potential for Bitcoin mining to add stability to the electricity grid.
