Making Sense of Texas’ Bitcoin Bills | Lee Bratcher | The Mining Pod

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English - May 23, 2023 11:00 - 44 minutes - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings
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We are down south in Miami for Bitcoin 2023. Today we are joined by Lee Bratcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Council. We discuss Texas mining, Bitcoin and CBDC bills, domestic ASIC production and garnering public interest.

Lee Bratcher: https://twitter.com/lee_bratcher

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

01:13 Proof of Reserves Bill

02:15 State based law making

05:32 Texas CBDC Bill

08:14 Limiting BTC mining in ERCOT Bill

16:38 Political flexibility

19:29 NYT Mining Story

21:44 Miner data privacy

26:07 Interacting w/ journalists

29:25 ERCOT update

34:11 Domestic ASIC manufacturing

37:33 Lobbying progress

41:26 BTC interest in Texas

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