Howdy, folks — the authority on Bitcoin in Texas
Where Bitcoin meets the physical world — and the financial future.
Texas is the one place where Bitcoin's two frontiers are happening at once: the physical — energy, the grid, and the largest mines in North America — and the financial — the money law, a state reserve, and programmable money built on the hardest base layer. We tell that whole story end to end — sourced, and plain as day.
One stack, anchored in Texas
We don't flatten everything into “crypto.” We walk the stack like a fence line — post by post, from the cypherpunk base to the programmable frontier — and let the ground truth of Texas keep it honest.
Base layer — principles
Trustless settlement, made physical
Bitcoin's cypherpunk core — self-custody and proof-of-work — touches the real world in Texas through mining and the grid. This is where the energy meets the ledger.
The grid
Mining as a grid asset
Deregulated ERCOT power, stranded gas and wind, and demand-response programs turned Texas into the post-China-ban capital of Bitcoin mining. The economics are the story.
The money law
Where Texas drew the line
From the 2014 Supervisory Memo that said Bitcoin isn't 'money,' to a now-funded state Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a gold-backed digital currency — Texas keeps defining the rules.
Programmability — the frontier
Stablecoins & smart contracts, settling to Bitcoin
Lightning, Taproot Assets, and Bitcoin-settling layers are pulling programmable money onto the hardest base. We cover the frontier without drifting into altcoin noise.
Cornerstone · The definitive account
The History of Bitcoin in Texas
How a 2014 banking memo, a Chinese mining ban, an old aluminum smelter, and a 2025 state reserve made Texas the center of gravity for hard money — told end to end, with every claim sourced.
Read the cornerstoneData asset · Interactive
The Texas Bitcoin Mining Map
Every major mine in the state — mapped, sized, and sourced. Drag the timeline from 2019 and watch gigawatts bloom across Texas, from Rockdale's 700 MW flagship to the sites now feeding AI.
Feature · Energy & the grid
Elon Musk, Tesla & the Bitcoin Energy Question
The man who called Bitcoin mining a fossil-fuel problem in 2021 built the biggest new load in tech. From Tesla's $1.5B treasury bet to xAI's gigawatts - the reversal, and how it lands on the Texas grid. Sourced to the SEC filings.
Feature · Origins & the base layer
Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road & Bitcoin's First Use Case
An Austin physics kid built the marketplace that gave Bitcoin something to do - and it cost him two life sentences. The sourced story of Silk Road, the seized coins, and the full pardon of January 2025 - kept honest about what it was.
Story · Milam County
The Rockdale Story
A dying aluminum town, an idle smelter's wires, and the 700 MW flagship that gave Rockdale its second industrial life.
Read the storyVoices of Texas Bitcoin · No. 1
Doctor Bitcoin
Mark Hopkins and the federal line Texas never drew — the case that taught every P2P trader where the seam runs.
Read the profileInteractive · The money law
The Texas Bitcoin Law Timeline
Every law, memo, and failed bill from the 2014 “not money” memo to the 2025 Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Scroll the timelineCommunity
Every Texas Bitcoin meetup & conference
A free, open directory across Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio — linked straight to the organizer, no login wall. Come say howdy in person.
The reference desk
Straight to the record: what Texas law actually says about Bitcoin, the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and the federal § 1960 case tracker.
This is Bitcoin country.
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