Texas is Bitcoin Country with Will Cole - WBD502

Will Cole is Chief Product Officer at Unchained Capital. In this
interview, we discuss Texas and Austin as ideological centres 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.


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Something is happening in Texas. It has always had an independent
streak, rooted in its rich history. The state was born of
revolution, and it was initially a republic in the mid 19th
century before the Mexican-American War. That thirst for freedom
is hard-wired into the Texan psyche. Now it is a beacon to
Americans from other states seeking increasingly elusive
sovereignty.


It is therefore not surprising then that Bitcoin has been adopted
and fostered in Texas.


From very early in it’s history, a strong community of
maximalists united and sought to safeguard Bitcoin in this part
of the US. That effort is now starting to pay off. The strong
affinity for Bitcoin by Texans has evolved such that the state is
fast becoming the centre of groundbreaking efforts to integrate
Bitcoin and energy grids.


The state is arguably spearheading a new adoption wave within the
US that includes serious politicians. Could Texas take the next
step and create the conditions to orange pill a nation?


Those Bitcoiners in the state aren’t waiting to find out. They’re
moving at pace to help Texas and other states continue the
outreach, policy drafting and technical buildout to realise the
benefits of what is a keenly American innovation. They’re also
keenly focused on the attack vectors on the horizon, be it CBDCs
or divisions within the community.