{"id":125047,"date":"2025-03-14T05:16:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T05:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125047"},"modified":"2025-03-14T05:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T05:16:17","slug":"court-says-bitcoin-mining-host-cant-block-tenant-access-to-its-rigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125047","title":{"rendered":"Court says Bitcoin mining host can\u2019t block tenant access to its rigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsA Delaware court has granted a temporary reprieve to a Pennsylvanian Bitcoin mining firm currently in a payment dispute with its hosting company \u2014 barring the hosting provider from blocking access and otherwise commandeering the miner\u2019s 21,000 rigs at the property.\u00a0<br \/>\nVice Chancellor Morgan Zurn granted a temporary restraining order on March 12, requested by\u00a0Bitcoin miner\u00a0Consensus Colocation and systems owner Stone Ridge Ventures against Mawson Hosting, which provides hosting and colocation services for Bitcoin miners.<br \/>\nThe firms have been in disagreement over alleged unpaid fees, the terms of their agreement and Consensus\u2019 plan to relocate, allegedly leading to Mawson blocking the miner\u2019s personnel from accessing the site.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nThe firms have also alleged Mawson has been operating the rigs since Feb. 28 for their own gain after preventing Consensus from entering the premises.<br \/>\nMawson, however, claims they are allowed to use the rigs under the terms of its agreement with Consensus, and they have the right of first refusal for its relocation plans.<br \/>\nThe Bitcoin miner has been seeking injunctive relief to regain control of their equipment and prevent Mawson from using them.\u00a0<br \/>\nAs part of the March 12 order, Mawson is barred from using the hashrate from the miners and will no longer be allowed to restrict Consensus\u2019s digital and physical access to the rigs in the Midland, Pennsylvania, facility.\u00a0<br \/>\nA Delaware judge has granted a temporary restraining order barring Mawson Infrastructure Group from using the rigs at the Midland, Pennsylvania, facility. Source: Law360The temporary restraining is in force until the matter can be heard in a preliminary injunction hearing.<br \/>\nMawson Infrastructure Group and Consensus Colocation did not immediately respond to Cointelegraph&#8217;s request for comment.\u00a0<br \/>\nHow the dispute began<br \/>\nIn a March 6 legal complaint, lawyers acting for Consensus accused Mawson of mining Bitcoin (BTC) with their rigs \u2014 valued at $30 million \u2014 since Feb. 28, generating daily profits of between $100,000 and $200,000 while blocking access to them both physically and through VPN access.\u00a0<br \/>\nConsensus and Stone Ridge signed a colocation agreement with Mawson in December 2023.\u00a0<br \/>\nThey agreed to terminate the partnership by the end of March 2025, with a gradual reduction in capacity leading up to the deadline and a removal process scheduled to begin on March 3.<br \/>\nMawson argues that it was owed fees and electricity prepayments for February and March, and its colocation agreement gives it the right to redirect the hashrate of Consensus\u2019 miners and use the proceeds to replenish the deposit.<br \/>\nRelated: US-Canada tariff flip-flops have Bitcoin miners on their toes<br \/>\n\u201cOn its face, it was operative only prior to April 1, 2024, and only in narrow circumstances relating to the replenishment of a deposit,\u201d lawyers acting for Consensus said in the suit.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cWhen Mawson began redirecting the hashrate on Feb. 28, the deposit was fully paid. And in any event, Mawson has stolen hashrate worth many times more than the $17,505.45 Mawson claims, without justification, that Consensus owes in purported late fees.\u201d<br \/>\nMagazine: Train AI agents to make better predictions\u2026 for token rewards<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/court-rules-btc-miner-host-cant-block-tenant-access-30-m-rigs?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsA Delaware court has granted a temporary reprieve to a Pennsylvanian Bitcoin mining firm currently in a payment dispute with its hosting company \u2014 barring the hosting provider&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125047"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}