Seems like the state's ethics rules need an update: > In 2021 Smith - who chairs the natural resources committee in the state senate - spearheaded a package of

Seems like the state's ethics rules need an update: > In 2021 Smith - who chairs the natural resources committee in the state senate - spearheaded a package of tax incentives for bitcoin miners > Last year senator Smith briefly became the co-owner of a bitcoin mining operation in the Appalachian town of Inez." > Smith said owning his own bitcoin operation did not run afoul of any state ethics rules, and that he got personally involved in the industry to "put my money where my mouth was" as he pitched the state as a hub for investors.