I'm sure he meant node operators, mining wasn't a separate thing back then.
Still, very odd, specific, wording that has legal connotations today.
Very likely this person had already dealt with or had heard about regulators shutting down previous projects and therefore used similar language used to describe those projects.
Big Barry Bitcoin
npub1pk…tpxa6
2025-04-25 09:33:37
in reply to nevent1q…sm55
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