Texas Community Will Vote to Form a City in Effort to Quiet Crypto Mine
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A Texas community is voting to form a city to gain more control over a noisy crypto mining operation, sparking debate about the balance between local autonomy and economic development.
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That's actually nice of them, although I'm somewhat surprised it didn't do more to dampen the noise. I suppose the original peaceful quiet they had before is probably just impossible now
More Perfect Union did a video on this a few months ago that gives a better visceral sense of what these people are dealing with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7_WDzPyoqU