Oman unites miners: mandatory connection to the national pool
Oman is taking a decisive step toward centralizing cryptocurrency mining. The country's Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology, together with Frontier Technologies, has launched a national mining pool that all licensed digital asset miners are required to join. Enegix Global provided the technological foundation and liquidity infrastructure for this project.
Scale and Infrastructure
In its initial phase, the pool will accumulate approximately 10 EH/s of computing power. This is a significant volume that will allow Oman to secure a notable position on the global mining map. Since 2022, total investments in mining and related data center infrastructure in the Salalah Free Zone have exceeded $700 million. Notably, a $370 million hydro-cooled mining facility has already been launched in the region, reflecting the authorities' serious intentions to develop this sector.
Expert Analysis
This decision is a logical step for Oman, which seeks to control the energy-intensive industry and enhance its transparency. However, mandatory connection to a single pool could reduce miners' flexibility and create risks of hash rate centralization, which in the long term may affect the decentralization of the Bitcoin network. Nevertheless, for Oman itself, this is an effective way to attract capital and consolidate resources.