A Second Nation Just Built a State Bitcoin Mining Pool — Oman’s Omanhash.om Redraws the Map

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) unveiled Omanhash.om connected June 17, 2026. The excavation is the authoritative and sole ineligible pooling enactment for licensed mining companies operating successful Oman. Participation is not optional.

The Builder Behind It

Enegix Global, a vertically integrated integer vigor and infrastructure company, provided the exertion level and liquidity infrastructure for the pool. Frontier Technologies LLC (Frontech), an Omani blockchain and Web3 steadfast based successful Muscat, handles section operations and management.

This is Enegix’s 2nd sovereign-level mining excavation mandate. The institution antecedently built and operates btcpool.kz successful Kazakhstan, which it describes arsenic the world’s archetypal government-accredited bitcoin mining excavation integrated with authorities tax-reporting systems. No different relation has delivered aggregate projects astatine this scale.

“This is our 2nd sovereign mandate, and it validates the exemplary we person been gathering since Kazakhstan,” said Olzhas Amirov, CBDO of Enegix Global. “Clear licensing frameworks assistance miners run legally, debar excessive taxation, and found transparent connection with authorities.”

Scale and Hashrate

Oman presently controls astir 3% of planetary web hashrate, oregon astir 30 EH/s, according to Q2 2026 information from Hashrate Index. Omanhash.om targets 10 EH/s successful its archetypal phase. Combined with Enegix’s 21pool.io and btcpool.kz pools, the company’s full operated hashrate reaches astir 25 EH/s. Its stated people is 30 EH/s.

Image from hashrateindex.com showcasing Oman’s hashrate estimation for Q2 2026.

Yersaiyn Nurtoleuov, CPO of Enegix Global, confirmed: “Our people is 30 EH/s — and we are actively gathering the infrastructure and partnerships to get there.”

Why Oman Got Here

Oman has attracted large-scale mining concern since astir 2022, driven by its strategical location, disposable powerfulness infrastructure, and cooler clime zones successful areas similar Salalah. Total concern successful mining and information halfway infrastructure successful the Salalah Free Zone has exceeded $700 million. Two large facilities launched successful 2022 and 2023, with licensed operators Exahertz and Green Data City starring buildout.

The government’s propulsion falls nether Oman Vision 2040, an economical diversification strategy targeting reduced dependence connected lipid done concern successful integer infrastructure, AI, information centers, and blockchain. Cryptocurrency is not ineligible tender successful Oman nether Central Bank guidance, but regulated mining operations are permitted and encouraged.

What Changes for Bitcoin Miners

Before Omanhash.om, licensed miners successful Oman operated nether a fragmented model. The nationalist excavation centralizes that enactment nether a azygous framework.

Omanhash.om uses a Full Pay-Per-Share (FPPS) payout model. Miners person payouts based connected shares submitted, autarkic of whether the excavation finds a block. The excavation relation collects a fee. Miners register, link hardware, and enactment done the platform.

The mandatory presumption gives regulators nonstop visibility into hashrate, gross flows, and compliance crossed the full licensed sector. Gauhar Kagira, Director of Enegix Mining Pool, called Oman “one of the archetypal countries successful the portion to present a structured regulatory model for miners.”

The Kazakhstan Template

The btcpool.kz task successful Kazakhstan, launched successful October 2023, established the exemplary present deployed successful Oman. It consolidated licensed hashrate and enabled nonstop gross reporting to taxation authorities. That way grounds positions Enegix arsenic the superior relation successful the sovereign mining infrastructure category.

Enegix operates information centers with up to 250 MW of capableness successful Kazakhstan and Canada and is processing North American operations nether Enegix Canada (Corse Energy Corp.), which combines gas extraction, on-site powerfulness generation, and bitcoin mining with artificial quality (AI) and HPC colocation.

Whether Omanhash.om delivers competitory returns portion satisfying nationalist priorities volition find however agelong this exemplary holds.