Fort Worth Embraces Cryptocurrency, Becomes First City In U.S. To Mine Bitcoin

Arlington TX

27 April, 2022

5:36 PM

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By Seth Bodine, Fort Worth Report April 26, 2022 Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker wants the world to know Cowtown is open to cryptocurrency. Amid Twitter fanfare April 26, Fort Worth became the first city government in the nation to mine its own Bitcoin. Parker was eager to share the news. She streamed herself on Twitter inside Fort Worth's data center in City Hall as she connected wires to turn on three small Bitcoin mining machines on April 26. "I've been joking that we're Cowtown and cryptocurrency, right?" Parker said on the stream. "It's all happening in Fort Worth." To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.