Rachel Wolfson sat down with Lee Bratcher  –- President and Founder of the Texas Blockchain Council –- during The North American Blockchain Summit 2023 to discuss the state of crypto mining and blockchain innovation in Texas. 

This week's guest:

Lee Bratcher is the President and Founder of the Texas Blockchain Council (TBC). The Texas

Blockchain Council is an industry association with more than 100 member companies and

hundreds of individuals that seek to make Texas the jurisdiction of choice for Bitcoin and

blockchain innovation. The TBC helped to research two pieces of blockchain legislation that

were passed in the 87 th Legislative session and an additional two bills in the 88 th Session that

were signed into effect by Governor Abbott. Lee and the TBC team have a specific focus on the

regulatory environment around Bitcoin mining in Texas. The TBC hosted the Texas Blockchain

Summit in Austin at which speakers like Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Cynthia Lummis and SEC

Commissioner Hester Peirce addressed the sold-out audience. He is also a Captain in the US

Army reserves working as Tech Scout for the 75 th Innovation Command that supports Army

Futures Command. Formerly, Lee was a political science professor at Dallas Baptist University

teaching international relations with a research emphasis on property rights.

Lee was awarded a master’s in International Relations from St. Mary’s University and is in his

sixth year as a Ph.D. candidate at UT Dallas with a research emphasis on blockchain land

registries. Lee lives in Richardson, TX with his wife Becca and their three daughters.

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