According to Cryptoslate, Russian bitcoin miners are concerned about government regulations requiring wallet addresses to be included in the national register. Russian MP Anton Gorelkin highlighted these concerns in a Telegram post on February 7, warning that geopolitical rivals could take advantage of the leaked addresses. He described the scenario as follows: This is a significant threat as sanctions could seriously impact mining operations. According to him: "Russian miners are concerned about the security of some of the highly sensitive data collected by the state under the new regulations (e.g. encrypted wallet numbers)... It is clear that the disclosure of wallet information could be a big gift for our geopolitical opponents."