Oman unites legal miners into a single state pool.
The authorities of Oman have taken a decisive step towards centralizing cryptocurrency mining within its territory. The Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology, together with Frontier Technologies, has launched a national mining pool that all licensed digital asset miners in the country are required to join.
The technological foundation of the project and the liquidity infrastructure were provided by Enegix Global. At the initial stage, the total computing power of the pool is expected to reach approximately 10 EH/s — a significant indicator for a region that is rapidly becoming one of the mining hubs in the Middle East.
Since 2022, the volume of investments in mining capacities and data centers in the Salalah Free Zone has exceeded $700 million. A key project has been a hydro-cooled mining farm worth $370 million — an example of how Oman is betting on energy-efficient cryptocurrency mining technologies.
The creation of a national pool addresses several objectives at once: it increases the transparency of mining activities, facilitates compliance with licensing requirements, and strengthens the country's position in the global bitcoin mining market. For market participants, this means a loss of autonomy in choosing a pool, but in return, they gain institutional support and access to a more stable infrastructure.
Expert opinion: Oman's initiative is a logical stage in the evolution of regulated mining. In the coming years, we will see a rise in the number of similar state-run pools in countries with cheap electricity. For miners, this is a dual signal: on one hand, legalization and support, on the other, an inevitable loss of decentralization in favor of state control. The market is entering a phase of institutionalization, where sovereign players will dictate the rules.