#bitcoin Bitcoin is now being discussed as a high-level state policy in countries like France. The French National Assembly recently considered a proposal that introduced bitcoin mining as a state activity, presenting the possibility of using France's energy surpluses to mine bitcoins as part of a state initiative.

The proposal, which was introduced to the Assembly earlier this month, did not suggest directly allocating surplus energy resources to bitcoin, but simply to study the possibility of doing so.

The amendment to the current regulatory simplification in the energy economic sector proposed to evaluate "the conditions for the development of bitcoin mining activities in France, as a tool for utilizing surplus electricity production, stabilizing the grid, and optimizing the operation of the nuclear fleet."

The revolutionary idea would place France at the forefront of state adoption of bitcoin mining, being one of the few countries, alongside El Salvador and Bhutan, to consider the activity as part of their energy strategy.

The current proposal was rejected by the assembly and declared inadmissible "under Article 98 of the National Assembly's Rules of Procedure." Nevertheless, the reason that caused this rejection remains unclear, as Article 98 is very broad and lends itself to multiple interpretations.