LET THE MINING BEGIN On May 5, some 75 local citizens joined lawmakers and Argo Blockchain staff and contractors in celebrating the launch of Argo’s Helios cryptocurrency mining facility in northern Dickens County. | CAPROCK COURIER
The video countdown to launch was scripted, and the flip of the switch at the end a ceremonial reneactment of the previous day’s power-up, but the real business of bitcoin locally began right in front of the crowd’s eyes May 5 during a public grand opening of Argo Blockchain’s Helios cryptocurrency mining faculty in northern Dickens County, a few miles south of Matador along Highway 70.
