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 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining!