Texas Town in Turmoil: Neighbors Cry Out Against Bitcoin Mining Madness! 🤯💔

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In the picturesque panorama of a Texas town, serenely tucked southwest of the bustling beehive of Dallas, one might presume all is well beneath the sun. Yet, oh, what a dissonant clamor ripples through this quaint locale – it’s not the song of nature but rather the ceaseless, thumping cacophony emitted by the notorious crypto mining facility, courtesy of MARA Holdings.

In a poignant exposé unleashed on Thursday by the diligent watchdogs of the nonprofit advocacy brigade, More Perfect Union, the intrepid scribe Dan Lieberman ventured into the sonic wasteland that is Granbury, Texas. Here, clouds of chronic distress hang heavy over the residents, many of whom find their domiciles uncomfortably close – a mere stone’s throw – from MARA’s gargantuan 300-megawatt Bitcoin (BTC) mining monolith. The grizzled inhabitants, long-term residents and retirees alike, painted a portrait of their lives that was more hellish than harmonious, caught in the relentless drone of the mining machinery, which squats in the unincorporated playground of Hood County.

“It never goes away, headaches never go away,” lamented one elderly sage, struggling to be heard above the omnipresent roar, a chorus of misery echoing in the backdrop.

This audacious operation, barbarously initiated in the fateful year of our Lord 2022 under the now-defunct Compute North, saw a hostile takeover by MARA in January of 2024, once the former’s grand ambitions crumbled into bankruptcy. Quite the fall from grace, wouldn’t you say?

“It’s a different type of noise pollution,” declared Mandy DeRoche, a sharp-witted deputy managing attorney from Earthjustice, her words dripping with sarcasm. “Not your run-of-the-mill truck traffic; nay, it’s a special brand of low-frequency noise – an interminable lullaby from the underworld.” One can almost see the residents donning noise-canceling headphones as they traverse their waking nightmare.

Thus, a brave contingent of individuals, battered yet unyielding, took up arms against MARA – the previously known Marathon Digital – filing a lawsuit in October 2024. Their grievances? Nothing short of “sensory, emotional, psychological, and health impacts,” brightened by the occasional hospital visit and perhaps even the untimely demise of a horse, an unintentional casualty in this battle of sound.

CryptoMoon, ever the inquisitor, reached out to MARA and Earthjustice for their thoughts, but the silence was deafening at the time of publication. Perhaps they, too, were ensnared in a cacophony of their own creation.

Amidst the uproar, MARA daringly announced plans to unleash a staggering $1 billion in convertible senior notes, earmarked for expanding their BTC stockpile. And who can forget, the company reportedly clutched a treasure trove of 50,000 BTC – a riches worth around $6 billion, as of this moment in time!

Will crypto mining impact future US elections?

Before the ashes of grievance were fully settled, a veritable gathering of crypto titans convened with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, their industry’s golden goose. This tête-à-tête seemed to court disaster, enticing Trump to ardently embrace Bitcoin mining, even promising it the spotlight in his campaign, during a spirited address at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville.

“Concerning the Bitcoin, yes,” reflected one beleaguered Granbury dweller when prompted about his choice of Trump in the 2024 ballot. “I’m not anti-industry, but what it’s doing to folks like us is simply overlooked.” An understatement, if ever there was one.

As the Republican-led chorus under Trump refrained from passing specific laws targeting Bitcoin mining, they nonetheless waded into murky waters last week, pushing forward three bills to address other digital coin matters, further complicating this already perplexing opera. The president signed an executive decree in March, envisioning a national crypto and BTC stockpile residing within the US itself, yet the echoes of complaints from Granbury linger on, like a haunting refrain that just won’t quit.

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2025-07-24 23:02