Oman centralizes mining: licensed companies are required to operate through a national pool
Omani authorities have taken a decisive step to consolidate cryptocurrency mining in the country. All licensed digital asset miners are now required to connect to a single national mining pool. This decision directly indicates the state's intention to strengthen control over the industry while simultaneously increasing its efficiency.
The project is being implemented under the auspices of Oman's Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, in collaboration with the local company Frontier Technologies. The key technology partner is Enegix Global, which provided the pool platform and liquidity infrastructure. This architecture allows the state not only to track hashrate flows but also to optimize the distribution of rewards among participants.
Scale and Investments
At the initial stage, the national pool is expected to consolidate approximately 10 EH/s of computing power. This is a significant volume even by global standards. For comparison, such a hashrate is comparable to the capacities of large private pools operating on the global market.
The investment boom in Omani mining began as early as 2022. Since then, the volume of investments in mining farms and data center infrastructure in the Salalah Free Zone has exceeded $700 million. Of particular note is the launch of a hydro-cooling facility worth $370 million — one of the largest projects of its kind in the region.
My professional opinion: Oman is consistently transforming into a regional hub for institutional mining. Mandatory connection to the national pool is not so much a restriction as a tool to attract large investors who need transparency and predictability in regulation. However, for small operators, this step could become a barrier to entry due to the loss of flexibility in choosing a pool.