Oman has launched Omanhash, a state-backed Bitcoin mining pool that will serve as the sole official pool for licensed crypto miners operating in the country. Rolled out under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, the move requires licensed mining firms to connect their hashrate to Omanhash rather than routing it through outside providers.
In its first phase, Omanhash is expected to consolidate about 10 EH/s (exahashes per second) of computing power — a measure of the raw work dedicated to Bitcoin mining. The pool is being managed in partnership with Omani blockchain and Web3 firm Frontier Technologies LLC, while Enegix Global supplies the underlying technology platform and liquidity infrastructure.
“This is our second sovereign mandate,” said Olzhas Amirov, Chief Business Development Officer at Enegix. He added that the clarity of licensing rules helps miners operate legally and keeps communication channels open with authorities.
The launch builds on several years of mining and data-center investment in Oman. Enegix highlights that mining and data-center projects in the Salalah Free Zone have attracted more than $700 million since 2022. Oman has explicitly treated crypto mining as part of a broader digital infrastructure strategy, and Omanhash gives the state greater visibility into licensed mining activity, energy consumption, and pool-level reporting.
Oman’s approach prioritizes regulation over prohibition: by keeping licensed operations inside a formal, state-supervised pool, authorities gain closer oversight of domestic hashrate and operational transparency. While the move does not alter Bitcoin’s protocol or core rules, it stands out as a clear example of a government-directed mining pool model.
The launch also intersects with ongoing industry debates around miner incentives and pool behavior — including research into “selfish mining,” where timing and pool coordination can influence competition for block rewards. Omanhash will be watched closely as a test case for how state supervision interacts with incentive-driven, decentralized mining dynamics.
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