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

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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