Oman has launched a national bitcoin mining pool called Omanhash, making it the mandatory pool for all licensed cryptocurrency miners operating in the sultanate.
The pool was launched by Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology in cooperation with Frontier Technologies LLC, an Omani blockchain company.
Enegix Global provided the technology platform and liquidity infrastructure.
Consolidating national hashrate
Under Oman’s regulatory framework, Omanhash is expected to serve as the sole official mining pool for licensed operations in the country.
The pool is projected to consolidate roughly 10 EH/s of computing power in its initial phase.
The launch marks Enegix’s second government-accredited mining pool mandate after btcpool.kz in Kazakhstan.
Combined, Enegix’s pool operations now total about 25 EH/s across three pools, with a target of reaching 30 EH/s.
Olzhas Amirov, Enegix’s chief business development officer, said:
“This is our second sovereign mandate, and it validates the model we have been building since Kazakhstan.”
He added that clear licensing frameworks help miners operate legally and maintain more transparent communication with authorities.
Over $700 million in mining investment
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 has positioned itself as one of the Middle East’s most active jurisdictions for industrial-scale bitcoin mining.
A different approach to regulation
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.
Enegix also operates data centers with up to 250 MW of capacity in Kazakhstan and Canada, and is developing North American operations combining gas extraction, on-site power generation, bitcoin mining, and AI colocation.
