Oman launches mandatory national Bitcoin mining pool
17th June 2026 – (Muscat) Oman has introduced a state‑backed bitcoin mining pool, branded Omanhash, which will become the compulsory platform for all licensed cryptocurrency miners operating in the country. . . .
17th June 2026 – (Muscat) Oman has introduced a state‑backed bitcoin mining pool, branded Omanhash, which will become the compulsory platform for all licensed cryptocurrency miners operating in the country. The initiative was unveiled by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology in partnership with Frontier Technologies LLC, a domestic blockchain firm. Technology infrastructure and liquidity services are being supplied by Enegix Global. Under Oman’s regulatory framework, Omanhash will function as the sole authorised mining pool for approved operators. In its initial phase, the platform is expected to aggregate approximately 10 exahashes per second (EH/s) of computing power, consolidating the sultanate’s national hashrate. For Enegix, the mandate represents its second government‑endorsed mining pool after establishing btcpool. kz in Kazakhstan. The company’s combined pool capacity now stands at about 25 EH/s across three pools, with plans to expand to 30 EH/s. Olzhas Amirov, Enegix’s Chief Business Development Officer, described the agreement as validation of a model first developed in Kazakhstan, adding that structured licensing regimes enable miners to operate within clear legal parameters and maintain transparent engagement with regulators. Oman has attracted more than US$700 million in mining and data centre investment since 2022, particularly in the Salalah Free Zone, where two large‑scale facilities were launched in 2022 and 2023. The country has emerged as one of the Middle East’s most active locations for industrial‑scale bitcoin mining. Unlike some jurisdictions that have responded to rising hashrate activity with bans or heavy taxation, Oman has incorporated cryptocurrency mining into a broader digital infrastructure and economic diversification strategy. Licensed operators are required to function within a centralised regulatory system designed to oversee the sector’s growth. Enegix also operates data centres in Kazakhstan and Canada with a combined capacity of up to 250 megawatts and is expanding in North America through projects integrating natural gas extraction, on‑site power generation, bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence colocation services.