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Updated: September 22, 2025 @ 9:31 pm
ExoticRidge’s hub location in Annville, Kentucky, pictured here, is comparable to the size of its future site in Bulls Gap, CEO Will Daugherty said. ExoticRidge plans to operate a cryptocurrency mine in Hawkins County.
ExoticRidge’s hub location in Annville, Kentucky, pictured here, is comparable to the size of its future site in Bulls Gap, CEO Will Daugherty said. ExoticRidge plans to operate a cryptocurrency mine in Hawkins County.
ROGERSVILLE — The Hawkins County Board of Commissioners voted to ban cryptocurrency mines and data centers in the name of public welfare in its meeting Tuesday night. The resolution was prompted by public outcry concerning ExoticRidge Crypto Company’s plans to establish a bitcoin mine in Bulls Gap.
Dozens of residents attended the meeting to voice their concerns. The meeting room was filled to capacity, with many people — including board guests like 4-H representatives — having to wait in the foyer outside.
Crystal Jessee, a lawyer in Bulls Gap, said that 700 residents had signed a petition against the cryptocurrency mine. She questioned anyone’s ability to accurately predict how much noise the mine would produce, saying the community couldn’t truly know until the mine was functional.
Dane Chisholm, of the United Citizens of Hawkins County, said that while he wasn’t generally in favor of cryptocurrency mines, he opposed the resolution on a matter of principle. Chisholm said he was against the local government restricting private property rights, and expressed concern that this would turn into a slippery slope of continued regulations.
District 7 Commissioner Robbie Palmer said that until the board knows the full effects of cryptocurrency mines and data centers, they shouldn’t exist in Hawkins County. What they know now, Palmer said, is that the community doesn’t want these facilities.
District 4 Commissioner Joshua Gilliam said that while he has been against the board enacting regulations in the past — concerned with the risks — that there are also risks to not having regulations. Gilliam said he was in favor in common sense restrictions.
District 5 Commissioner Jason Roach said that there were too many legal and practical unknowns for him to support the resolution, but that he may in the future.
ExoticRidge CEO Will Daugherty also spoke at the meeting, urging the commissioners to reconsider an outright ban. He said he would be happy to work with Hawkins County about regulations short of a ban.
The resolution passed, with only Roach and District 4 Commissioner Chad Britton voting against it.
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