A Texas community just rejected a plan that would've given them control over Bitcoin mining noise next door.

In Hood County, locals had the chance to vote on establishing "Mitchell Bend" — a tiny two-square-mile town designed specifically to regulate a crypto mining operation that's been rattling the neighborhood. Turns out? Most people weren't interested. The proposal only pulled 38% support from the roughly 600 residents who'd become part of this new municipality.

The vote essentially leaves things as they are. No new town. No fresh noise ordinances tailored to the mining facility. For some residents, that mining hum will keep going without local oversight. For others who voted no, maybe they didn't want the hassle of running a brand-new municipal government just to deal with one noisy neighbor.

Either way, it's a reminder that Bitcoin mining doesn't just burn energy and validate transactions — sometimes it tests how far communities will go to reclaim their peace and quiet.