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 MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV  LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices