359-V:3 Processes Regarding Blockchain Networks. –
I. No state or local government agency or subdivision thereof shall prohibit any person or business from operating a node for the purpose of connecting to a blockchain protocol or a protocol built on top of a blockchain protocol and transferring digital assets on a blockchain protocol or participating in staking on a blockchain protocol.
II. A person engaged in home digital asset mining or a digital asset mining business shall not be required to obtain a money transmitter license under RSA 399-G.
III. Operating a node or a series of nodes on a blockchain protocol shall not require an individual or business to obtain a money transmitter license under RSA 399-G.
IV. A person engaging in the act of digital asset mining or staking solely with that person's own funds or digital assets and not the funds or digital assets of another, shall not be deemed to be offering or selling a security pursuant to RSA 421-B.
V. A digital asset exchange that offers to provide staking as a service to any person shall not be deemed to be offering or selling a security pursuant to RSA 421-B provided that:
(a) The digital assets staked do not leave the control of the digital asset exchange; or
(b) The digital assets remain under the control of the person who owns them. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the secretary of state or the secretary of state's designee from instituting appropriate proceedings against a person or digital asset exchange that falsely claims to be offering digital asset staking as a service under RSA 421-B.
VI. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, anyone engaged in digital asset mining, operating a node or series of nodes on a blockchain network, or providing digital asset mining or staking services for individuals or other businesses shall not face liability related to a specific transaction merely by validating that transaction.