Crypto Law Profile
New Hampshire HB 639 would protect digital-asset payments and self-custody, address mining and staking treatment, and create a blockchain dispute docket.
New Hampshire Blockchain Basic Laws refers to House Bill 639-FN, a 2025 carryover bill relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies. As of June 5, 2026, the bill is not yet chaptered in the official status system, but the New Hampshire General Court status page lists both the House and Senate status as conference report adopted, with the Senate status date of June 4, 2026. The latest official text is captioned as the version adopted by both bodies and says the act would take effect 60 days after passage.
The adopted text would create a new RSA chapter 359-V titled Blockchain Basic Laws. The bill states that New Hampshire should establish a state legal regime for blockchain-related business and innovation while protecting investors and consumers. It defines blockchain, blockchain protocol, decentralized systems, digital assets, digital asset exchanges, digital asset mining, digital asset mining businesses, nodes, self-hosted wallets, smart contracts and staking.
The bill defines digital assets broadly to include fungible and non-fungible digital representations of value or rights that can be possessed and transferred person to person without necessary reliance on an intermediary and that are recorded on a blockchain system. It expressly includes virtual currencies, cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, NFTs and other digital-only assets that confer economic, proprietary, access rights or powers.
HB 639-FN would restrict state and local government agencies and subdivisions from prohibiting, restricting or otherwise impairing an individual’s ability to use digital assets to buy legal goods or services, self-custody digital assets through a self-hosted wallet or third-party wallet, or use digital assets as a payment method without a tax, withholding, assessment or charge based solely on that payment method.
The bill would let a directly affected person petition the superior court or the blockchain dispute docket for relief from violations of the new chapter. Courts could order declaratory, injunctive or other equitable relief, and a prevailing claimant could receive reasonable attorney’s fees after showing a purposeful violation by a preponderance of the evidence.
HB 639-FN would also add RSA 491:7-c to authorize a blockchain dispute docket in the superior court. The docket would hear blockchain technology disputes when the parties consent by agreement or stipulation and the dispute concerns blockchain technology as defined in RSA 359-V. Covered matters include claims under RSA 359-V, contract or fiduciary duty claims, fraud, misrepresentation, business torts, statutory violations arising from blockchain technology dealings or transactions, and other complex blockchain-technology disputes.
The official docket shows HB 639-FN was introduced in the House on Jan. 9, 2025, passed the House on April 10, 2025, was re-referred in the Senate on May 15, 2025, advanced again in 2026, and went to a committee of conference before the conference report was filed and adopted. Because the official bill status still lists Chapter Number as none, this profile treats the measure as passed by both bodies but not yet chaptered or in force as of June 5, 2026. Editors should update the enacted date, chapter number and effective date if the governor signs the bill or if the General Court posts a chaptered act.
Creates RSA chapter 359-V, titled Blockchain Basic Laws, after existing chapter 359-U.
Defines blockchain, blockchain protocol, decentralized systems, digital assets, exchanges, mining, nodes, wallets, smart contracts and staking.
Restricts state and local agencies from impairing individual use of digital assets to purchase legal goods or services.
Protects individual self-custody through self-hosted wallets or third-party wallets from state or local impairment.
Bars taxes, withholdings, assessments or charges based solely on use of a digital asset as the payment method.
Restricts state and local agencies from prohibiting node operation, digital-asset transfers on blockchain protocols or staking participation.
Provides that home mining, mining businesses and node operation do not require a money transmitter license under RSA 399-G.
Provides securities-law treatment for own-funds mining or staking and limited staking-as-a-service activity under RSA 421-B.
States that miners, node operators and staking providers do not face liability for a specific transaction merely by validating it.
Allows affected persons to seek equitable relief and attorney fees for purposeful violations shown by a preponderance of evidence.
Authorizes a superior-court docket for blockchain disputes where parties consent and the dispute concerns blockchain technology.
The bill was introduced in recess and referred to House Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
The House adopted amendment 2025-0445h and referred the bill to Finance.
The House adopted an ought-to-pass motion by division vote, 205-169.
The Senate moved to re-refer HB 639 to committee.
The Senate adopted amendments 2026-1048s and 2026-1169s and passed the bill to third reading.
The House non-concurred with Senate amendments and requested a committee of conference.
Conference committee report 2026-2065c was filed for action on June 4, 2026.
The official status page lists both House and Senate statuses as conference report adopted.
New Hampshire General Court, New Hampshire House of Representatives, New Hampshire Secretary of State, New Hampshire Senate, New Hampshire Superior Court
Cryptocurrency, Digital assets, NFTs, Stablecoins
This profile follows the version adopted by both bodies on June 4, 2026. The official status page still lists Chapter Number as none, so editors should update this post if the measure is chaptered or signed.
