Oman has required licensed cryptocurrency mining firms to join the country’s official national bitcoin mining pool.

Bitcoin Magazine reported on Tuesday that the Omani government launched the national official mining pool Omanhash.com and required all licensed operators in the country to participate.

The move focuses on bringing bitcoin mining under a state oversight system rather than banning or reducing it. Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology will operate the pool in cooperation with Oman blockchain and web3 company Frontier Technologies LLC. Enegix Global built the technology platform and liquidity infrastructure. Enegix Global introduced the service as the Sultanate of Oman’s official national cryptocurrency mining pool.

Under the regulatory framework, Omanhash.com is the only official pool that licensed mining companies in Oman must join. In its early stage, the pool is expected to gather hashrate of about 10 exahash per second. This refers to the total computing power used for bitcoin network security and new bitcoin mining.

By tying the mining pool into a single structure, the Omani government is also expected to increase visibility into mining revenue, electricity consumption and the flow of newly issued bitcoin. Oman has chosen to reorganise the mining industry into a traceable structure rather than restrain the industry itself.

Oman has already been seen as a region in the Middle East that is active in investing in industrial-scale bitcoin mining. The ministry launched a $370 million liquid-cooled mining facility in Salalah in 2022. Investment in mining and data centre infrastructure in the Salalah Free Zone has since exceeded $700 million. That includes 2 large facilities built in 2022 and 2023.

Italian company Alps Blockchain began full operation of a 150 megawatt facility in Salalah in mid-2025. The introduction of the national mining pool is seen as the next step of incorporating accumulated mining equipment into a single government-managed structure.

For Enegix Global, the contract is its second sovereign mining pool project. The company has built and operated btcpool.kz in Kazakhstan. Under its 2023 digital assets law, Kazakhstan requires licensed miners to operate through a government-approved pool and report revenue to tax authorities through an automated system.

Olzhas Amirov (올자스 아미로프), Enegix Global’s chief business development officer, said in company materials: "This contract is our second sovereign mandatory contract and proves the model we have built since Kazakhstan." He said the licensing system helps miners operate within the law, avoid punitive taxation and communicate with regulators.

Oman’s approach contrasts with other regions that have responded with mining bans or high taxes. After including bitcoin mining in its economic diversification strategy, Oman has now chosen to add a centralised control layer to keep produced bitcoin within its regulatory scope.