Oman Launches National Bitcoin Mining Pool Omanhash

Oman has launched a national cryptocurrency mining pool, adding a new state-backed layer to the country’s push to regulate and consolidate its fast-growing bitcoin mining sector.

Enegix Global said Wednesday it provided the technology platform and liquidity infrastructure for Omanhash.om, which the company described as the official national cryptocurrency mining pool of the Sultanate of Oman. The pool was launched by Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology and will be operated in cooperation with Frontier Technologies LLC, an Omani blockchain and Web3 company.

Under Oman’s approved regulatory framework, Omanhash.om is expected to serve as the sole official and mandatory mining pool for licensed cryptocurrency mining companies in the country, according to the announcement. The pool is expected to consolidate about 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. The company said the addition of Omanhash.om brings its combined mining pool operations to about 25 EH/s across 21pool.io, btcpool.kz and Omanhash.om.

The move comes as Oman continues to position itself as one of the Middle East’s most active jurisdictions for industrial-scale bitcoin mining. Since 2022, the country has attracted more than $700 million of mining and data center investments in the Salalah Free Zone, including two major facilities launched in 2022 and 2023.

For Oman, the pool appears aimed at improving regulatory visibility over licensed miners while keeping mining activity within an official system. For Enegix, the mandate expands a sovereign-pool model it first developed in Kazakhstan, where governments have also sought to bring bitcoin mining under clearer rules after earlier periods of rapid and often loosely regulated hashrate growth.

“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. He said clear licensing frameworks can help miners operate legally, avoid excessive taxation and maintain more transparent communication with authorities.

Enegix said its next target is to grow its combined pool hashrate to 30 EH/s. The company operates data centers with up to 250 MW of capacity in Kazakhstan and Canada and is also developing North American operations under Enegix Canada, combining gas extraction, on-site power generation, bitcoin mining and AI/HPC colocation.

Oman’s approach contrasts with jurisdictions that have responded to mining 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, while placing licensed operators inside a more centralized regulatory structure.