Week in BTX: Saturday May 21, 2022
Primary Runoff Election Day in Texas is on Tuesday May 24, 2022: Vote for Wayne Christian!
Primary runoff election day in Texas is on Tuesday May 24, 2022 and both parties have statewide runoffs. You can vote in the Republican primary runoff as long as you did not vote in the Democrat primary, and vice versa.
Please vote for Wayne Christian for Texas Railroad Commissioner in the Republican primary runoff. Commissioner Christian recently spoke at the Digital Wildcatters Empower: Energizing Bitcoin conference and is a Bitcoin supporter.
I hosted a roundtable with Commissioner Christian and the leading Texas Bitcoin miners, and I can assure you he is an ally of Bitcoin mining.
For those that are unaware, the Texas Railroad Commission regulates the O&G industry in Texas.
General
Unchained Capital’s Will Cole joins Peter McCormack’s What Bitcoin Did podcast to talk why Austin is an ideological center for Bitcoin, the undervalued importance of state sovereignty in the US, CBDCs being the greatest disaster for liberty and personal freedom, and toxicity on Twitter.
Public Policy/Politics/Regulatory
State Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) primary runoff campaign for US Congress continues to attract high dollar support from crypto backed Super PACs, with Protect Our Future PAC recently spending $280,000 in support of Rep. Crockett, bringing their total spend in support to $1,444,997.
Mining
Texas Bitcoin miners curtailed operations earlier this week after ERCOT asked consumers to conserve electricity through the end of the weekend after six power plants went down unexpectedly and with unusually hot weather leading to a demand spike.
The Houston Chroncile dives into Bitcoin mining in Texas and grid stability. This is becoming a reoccurring theme in the state’s major newspapers. Local Houston man Griffin Haby is quoted.
One of the largest landowners in Texas, Texas Pacific Land Corporation, has partnered with Mawson Infrastructure Group and JAI Energy to build up to 60 MW of bitcoin mining capacity on Texas Pacific Land Corporation’s land in west Texas. Construction will start Q2 2022 and operational by Q4 2022.
ARGO released Q1 2022 results, highlights are revenue of $20 million, mined 470 Bitcoin, and expects 5.5 EH’s of hashrate capacity by end of 2022.
ARGO states that it will use Intel’s new Blocksale ASIC chips to build custom-designed Bitcoin mining machines specifically to Argo's specifications and built for use in immersion-cooling technology. Are Texas built ASICs in our future?
Construction continues at Compute North’s west Texas facility with 22 mining containers in place. This facility will host about 73,000 of Marathon Digital Holdings miners.
Events
Rockdale Bitcoin Meetup May 21, 2022
Fort Bitcoin Proof of Steak Dinner May 24, 2022 in Fort Worth
Fort Bitcoin Meetup May 24, 2022 in Fort Worth
Houston Bitcoin Meetup May 26, 2022
Austin Bitcoin Club June 2, 2022 at Bitcoin Commons
btc++ bitcoin dev conf in June 7-8, 2022 in Austin
Austin Lightning Network Developers June 8, 2022
Dallas Bitcoin Meetup June 9, 2022. DM @BossHogCapital or @Dallas_Bitcoin for details
Consensus June 10-12, 2022 in Austin
BitBlockParty June 10, 2022 during Consensus in Austin
Coin Center Annual Dinner June 10, 2022 during Consensus in Austin
Miners Summit June 15-6, 2022 in College Station
Austin Bitdevs June 16, 2022
Houston Bitcoin Meetup June 23, 2022
Austin Bitcoin Club July 7, 2022 at Bitcoin Commons
Dallas Bitcoin Meetup July 14, 2022. DM @BossHogCapital or @Dallas_Bitcoin for details
Austin Bitdevs July 21, 2022
Houston Bitcoin Meetup July 28, 2022
Austin Bitcoin Club August 4, 2022 at Bitcoin Commons
Dallas Bitcoin Meetup August 11, 2022. DM @BossHogCapital or @Dallas_Bitcoin for details
BitBlockBoom August 25-28, 2022, in Austin
Texas Blockchain Summit November 18, 2022 in Austin SAVE THE DATE
LinkedIn says Bitcoin and crypto job postings grew 395% in 2021: 3x the tech industry. Have a Bitcoin related job you want to promote? Reach out!
Jobs
Fidelity is hiring a Bitcoin Mining Program Manager in Austin.
US Bitcoin Corp is hiring an Office Manager.
RIOT has launched a 10-week internship program for junior and senior-level college students.
RIOT is hiring positions in Austin and Rockdale.
LVL (a Bitcoin bank) is hiring a Backend Engineer II in Austin
Trammell Venture Partners is hiring marketing/communications lead and an Analyst in Austin
Poolin is hiring positions in Austin, Pyote and Pecos
Compass Mining is hiring numerous positions in Austin, including a Director of Communications, Logistics Coordinator and Director of Site Development
Upstream Data is hiring a Business Developer based in Texas
Core Scientific is hiring in Austin, Denton, Pecos and Barstow
Cormint Data Systems (Fort Bocks) is hiring a Data Center Technician in Fort Stockton
Unchained Capital is hiring for 10 positions based in Austin & Dallas
Lancium is hiring positions based in the Houston area
NYDIG is hiring positions in the Houston area.
The Blockchain Association’s job board shows 63 Texas based jobs.
Bitcoiner Jobs shows 13 Texas based Bitcoin jobs.
People on the Move
Houstonian Laura Pommer Fidler, CEO of Energy Funders, has been appointed as a Director of Energy Funders, replacing Christopher Pettit.
Ryan Leachman departs JAI Energy.
Bitcoin Citadel
Since Bitcoin is STILL hovering around 30k here is another bear market Bitcoin Citadel 😂😂😂 . The 20 acre no named ranch in Hudspeth County is listed for just over one Bitcoin! You can buy this barren piece of west Texas paradise for only $269 per month with NO credit checks and NO qualifying, perfect a a bear market. And Walmart is just 50 minutes away.
To Ponder While You Wander
“What’s the end game? It is honestly to do less harm. Bitcoin doesn’t actually need politicians to make it succeed, it will succeed on its own merits; what would be helpful is to not have people actively attacking it and elongating the inevitable collapse of their own currencies, but also rise of Bitcoin as a global reserve currency.” - Will Cole on the What Bitcoin Did podcast