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 Freedom of informations are your friend here.  Ask for emails relating to bitcoin mining from the state ministry/department in the FOI and unmask what the true issues really are.

FOIs are very easy to send and often free. Worth ten minutes of your day? 
 I don’t need to ask emails from ministry - Im in touch with them, no one if hiding its position in the Norwegian government or parliament. They are very clear about how they want to regulate a ban of cryptocurrency mining. 

There are problems that 1) no proper response and advocacy, public campaign in defense of #bitcoin;
2) it allows without any obstacles to produce very restrictive regulation to bitcoin mining which will affect people like me, end-users, and others- developers, investors, bitcoin miners since it will be used as a regulatory example.