Russian Bitcoin miners worry that the new mining registry may lead to security vulnerabilities

According to Cryptoslate, Russian Bitcoin miners are concerned about the government's requirement to include wallet addresses in the national registry. Russian parliamentarian Anton Gorelkin emphasized these concerns in a Telegram post on February 7th and warned that geopolitical adversaries may exploit the leaked addresses. He described a scenario where this is a significant threat as sanctions could severely impact mining operations. According to him, "Russian miners are concerned about the security of some highly sensitive data collected by the state under new regulations, such as encrypted wallet numbers... It is clear that the leakage of wallet information could bring a big gift to our geopolitical opponents Despite these concerns, the Russian tax department told Gorelkin that the registry is stored in a secure internal system with strict access controls. Officials claim that the risk of information leakage is minimal, but cybersecurity experts often emphasize that no system is completely immune to attack, so people still remain skeptical.