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The Oman Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has launched a state-backed bitcoin mining pool OmanHash.om, that every licensed miner in the country must now use in their mining operations.
According to Oman’s newly set up regulatory framework, OmanHash.om is now the only mining pool for licensed operators in the Sultanate.
Mining pool operation and capacity
Digital energy and infrastructure company, Enegix Global, developed the technology platform and liquidity backend for the mining pool. Frontier Technologies LLC, an Omani blockchain firm based in Muscat, will manage all local operations.
OmanHash.om uses a Full Pay-Per-Share (FPPS) payout model, where miners receive payouts based on shares submitted regardless of whether a block is found by the pool, and with the pool operator collecting a fee.
The country has announced that the initial target for the new mining pool is approximately 10 exahashes per second (EH/s) of computing power. Oman controls almost 3% of the entire bitcoin network hashrate worldwide, which is equal to about 30 EH/s, according to Q2 2026 data from Hashrate Index.
The Omani Sultanate has invested heavily in bitcoin mining infrastructure since 2022. More than $700 million has gone into mining and data center projects in the Salalah Free Zone, including two major facilities that launched in 2022 and 2023.
The Kazakhstan precedent amid Oman’s investment
Enegix had previously built and currently operates btcpool.kz in Kazakhstan, launched in October 2023 after the country passed a digital assets law requiring licensed miners to operate through government-accredited pools and report revenue directly to tax authorities. Oman has now become the second country with this sovereign mining pool model.
“This is our second sovereign mandate, and it validates the model we have been building since Kazakhstan,” said Olzhas Amirov, chief business development officer of Enegix Global, according to TheEnergyMag. “Clear licensing frameworks help miners operate legally, avoid excessive taxation, and establish transparent communication with authorities.”
With OmanHash.om added, Enegix says its combined pool operations across 21pool.io, btcpool.kz, and OmanHash.om reach approximately 25 EH/s. Yersaiyn Nurtoleuov, Enegix’s chief product officer, said: “Our target is 30 EH/s, and we are actively building the infrastructure and partnerships to get there.”
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