THE MINING POD: Can Bitcoin Help Small-Town America?

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Galaxy Digital’s Austin Storms and Briana Sturgis join the show to discuss the latest Bitcoin mining film, The Big Empty, and if Bitcoin can really help small-town America.

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In this week’s Mining Pod, we talk with the Galaxy Digital Bitcoin mining team about their Helios Bitcoin mine in Spur, Texas, population 900! We discuss the latest film, The Big Empty, how it was received by the community and what it means to have a Bitcoin miner join rural American towns like Spur.

Chapter Markers:

00:00:00 Start

00:02:01 Guest Intros

00:02:36 Helios Mine Scale

00:03:21 Guest Bios

00:07:59 Helios Facility Size

00:11:26 Immersion Mining Process

00:13:21 Living in Dickens County

00:20:13 Suspicion of New Companies

00:23:42 Bitcoin Adoption in Towns

00:27:15 Community Interactions

00:29:32 Money & State Separation

00:33:41 Communication Barriers

00:35:06 The Legendary Pool

00:38:50 Wrapping Up

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Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!

👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show.

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