Bitcoin Is Digital Oil Well Fueling Rural Texas Economic Revival, Mayor Says
Mayor Ward Roddam of Rockdale, Texas, sees bitcoin mining as the key to his town’s resurgence after the devastating closure of its largest employer, Alcoa. Comparing it to Texas’ oil boom, Roddam highlights how this mode...
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