# @restofworld on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CTIS1AJhpo9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/78901420-restofworld-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/407727695d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-08-28T19:20:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rest of World (@restofworld) — https://gondola.cc/restofworld

## Caption

Bitcoin miners with cash and their sights on a long-term commitment are finding themselves in talks about building new facilities near power plants in the far-flung corners of Texas’ deregulated grid, and in other states like Wyoming and Nebraska. ⁠⁠
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Image: John King, Mayor of Rockdale, and Jim Gibson, Executive Director of the Rockdale Municipal Development District. Their 5,500-person Texas town has become a destination for cryptocurrency mining.⁠⁠
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Click the link in our bio to read the full story. Photography by theotherchrislee for restofworld.⁠⁠⁠
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#china #texas #chinacrypto #crypto #cryptomining #bitcoin #bitcoinmining #poolin #cryptocurrency #miningpool #tech #chinatech #rockdale

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## Tags

chinatech, texas, rockdale, crypto, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, poolin, miningpool, tech, cryptomining, chinacrypto, bitcoinmining, china

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