According to the court filing, the temporary restraining order granted aims to “preserve the status quo” and will expire before March 25.
The Texas Blockchain Council (TBC) and Bitcoin mining firm Riot Platforms have won a favorable ruling from a United States District judge in a lawsuit against several U.S. energy officials.
On Feb. 22, Cointelegraph reported that the TBC and Riot alleged the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and their respective leaderships sought invasive data collection from cryptocurrency miners.
According to a Feb. 23 filing in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the TBC and Riot convinced the judge that irreversible harm would happen without a temporary restraining order (TRO) against further data collection.
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/texas-blockchain-council-riot-platforms-eia-omb