Oman just made pooling your mining hashrate mandatory, through the state

Oman Makes State-Backed Bitcoin Mining Pool Mandatory

Oman has launched a mandatory national Bitcoin mining pool, requiring every licensed cryptocurrency miner in the Sultanate to route its hashrate through a single state-backed platform. The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology launched Omanhash.om on June 17, 2026, making it the only legal Bitcoin mining pool for all licensed operators in the country.

The pool was launched in cooperation with Frontier Technologies LLC, an Omani blockchain company. Enegix Global, a vertically integrated digital energy and infrastructure company, built the technology platform and liquidity infrastructure behind it. The mandatory structure gives regulators direct visibility into hashrate, revenue flows, and compliance across the entire licensed sector.

A Proven Sovereign Model, Replicated from Kazakhstan

For Enegix, the mandate is its second sovereign-pool contract. The company built and operates btcpool.kz in Kazakhstan, where a 2023 digital assets law requires licensed miners to operate through government-accredited pools and report revenue to tax authorities through an automated system. Enegix is now the only operator globally to have built and run multiple sovereign-level Bitcoin mining pools.

Omanhash.om is expected to consolidate approximately 10 EH/s of computing power in its initial phase. The company also operates the international mining pool 21pool.io and the government-accredited btcpool.kz in Kazakhstan, with its pools collectively operating approximately 25 EH/s following the addition of omanhash.om.

Since 2022, Oman has attracted more than $700 million in mining and data center investments in the Salalah Free Zone, including two major facilities launched in 2022 and 2023. The country controls roughly 3% of global network hashrate.

For miners, the arrangement comes with a trade-off. Clear licensing frameworks help miners operate legally, avoid excessive taxation, and establish transparent communication with authorities. Oman's strategy contrasts with jurisdictions that have responded to hashrate growth with outright restrictions or punitive taxation. The sultanate has instead used mining as part of a broader digital infrastructure strategy tied to economic diversification, placing licensed operators inside a centralized regulatory structure.

Sources:
Bitcoin Magazine: Oman Launches Mandatory National Bitcoin Mining Pool
Benzinga: Enegix Global Powers Oman's National Bitcoin Mining Pool
Bitcoin.com News: A Second Nation Just Built a State Bitcoin Mining Pool