relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies.

HB 639, titled "The Blockchain Basic Laws," establishes legal protections for blockchain technology and digital assets in New Hampshire. It prohibits government restrictions on using digital assets for purchases, self-custody of digital assets, and payments using digital assets without additional taxes. The bill protects home digital asset mining (within noise ordinances) and digital asset mining businesses (in industrial zones), prevents discriminatory electricity rates for mining, and creates a specialized "blockchain dispute docket" in superior courts to handle blockchain-related legal matters. It also recognizes smart contract-based trusts as legally valid and protects private keys from being compelled in legal proceedings.