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Bitcoin Boosters take their pitch to the states.

From American public media, this is Marketplace Tech.

I'm Lily Dramale. A 45 minute drive north of Little Rock, Arkansas sits a facility packed with thousands of computers trying

to mine the next Bitcoin. With the popular cryptocurrency now hovering at around

$65,000 a pop.

It's a lucrative operation, one of several

that have flocked to the state since the passage last year

of the Arkansas Data Centers Act,

also known as the Right to Mine Bill backed by the industry.

Similar bills giving crypto mining operations protections from local regulations have popped

up in a couple of states.

Turns out residents don't particularly welcome these operations.

Well, Arkansas recently changed course and restored to municipalities the ability to

regulate crypto miners.

Gabriel Dance of the New York Times has visited Arkansas

and explained what the biggest complaints have been since these mining operations moved in.

The biggest concern I heard in Arkansas specifically and I visited mines in

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