Ohio Republican congressman Warren Davidson advised raising cash to make a wall on the border with Mexico utilizing blockchain, in associate interview on NPR Dec. 12.

Davidson, who is thought for his pro-crypto initiatives, spoke on NPR’s Morning Edition with host Steve Inskeep regarding the the U. S. president’s recent threat to close up the govt. if Congress refuses to buy a border wall.

Commenting on the matter, Davidson said he had offered a “modest compromise” within the kind of his initiative, dubbed “Buy a Brick, Build a Wall,” that may settle for public donations for the wall’s construction.

Clarifying however he saw a wall donation program operating, Davidson invoked blockchain and “wall coins,” telling reporters Wednesday:

“You may do it with a kind of, like, crowdfunding website. Otherwise you may even do a blockchain, and you'll have wall coins. However you'll raise the money. And admittedly, if we get it right at the Treasury, you'll even settle for Mexican pesos.”

Davidson failed to specify whether or not he had nonetheless planned his blockchain-based wall funding thought in any official capability.

Davidson is well-known for pushing crypto-related legislation. He has repeatedly declared that Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) want “light touch” regulation, about to introduce a bill that may enable ICOs to “sidestep” the country’s law. Moreover, this fall the Ohio Rep. hosted a “crypto roundtable,” attended by over forty five representatives from major Wall Street companies and therefore the crypto entrepreneurs and dedicated to the problems around regulation crypto.

Most recently, Davidson disclosed his plans to introduce a draft bill that gives to obviously regulate cryptocurrencies and ICOs. Among different things, the bill can recommend creating an asset category for cryptocurrencies and digital assets that may stop them from being classified as securities.

In Nov, Ohio reportedly became the primary state to just accept tax payments in Bitcoin (BTC) from businesses, with plans to just accept payments from individual filers within the future.

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