Helios launches mining amid grand opening crowds

  • 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
    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
  • CONGRESSMAN RONNY JACKSON (TX-13) was on hand to congratulate Argo staff and underscore the importance of the industry to West Texas. THE TEXAS SPUR
    CONGRESSMAN RONNY JACKSON (TX-13) was on hand to congratulate Argo staff and underscore the importance of the industry to West Texas. THE TEXAS SPUR
  • MINING MATCHMAKER Justin Nolan (right), now Chief Growth Officer for Argo, located a suitable site for crypto mining in West Texas and brought it to the attention of the Argo bicoin mining enterprise. THE TEXAS SPUR
    MINING MATCHMAKER Justin Nolan (right), now Chief Growth Officer for Argo, located a suitable site for crypto mining in West Texas and brought it to the attention of the Argo bicoin mining enterprise. THE TEXAS SPUR
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. “We…

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