Oman launched a national bitcoin mine, Omanhash, open to licensed and encrypted mining companies in the country. The goal of the platform, which is located at the location of the Government ' s regulatory framework, is to centralize local compliance miners ' calculations within the unified system and increase the visibility of data at the level of mining activity, energy use and ponds.
First phase target 10 ETH/s
According to the disclosure, the first phase of Omanhash is expected to integrate approximately 10 ETH/s algorithms. ETH/s, a billion Hashi operations per second, is a common measure of the capacity of Bitcoin to calculate mining.
Under the current arrangements, Omanhash will be the only official mine of Omani-owned mining companies. A licensed miner is expected to need access to the platform, rather than to allocate the computing power to a service provider outside the country or to a third party mine.
Two companies are responsible for technology and local operations.
The mine was launched within the framework of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology of Oman. In terms of operational cooperation, the local block chain in Oman and the company Frontier Technologies are responsible for local collaboration, and Enegix Global provides technical platforms and mobility infrastructure.
Enegix indicated that this was the company ' s second sovereign-level authorization project. According to the company, a clear licensing system helps mining companies to operate within a legal framework and allows for communication with regulators.
Oman continues to promote investment in mining and data centres
The project builds on the investment in mining and data centres that Oman has been making in recent years. Enegix states that since 2022, mining and data centre infrastructure in the Sarala Free Zone has attracted over $700 million in investment.
In recent years, Oman has integrated encrypted mining into a broader digital infrastructure strategy. With Omanhash on the line, Governments can have more direct access to operational data at the level of licensed mining activities, energy consumption and mining ponds.
In terms of policy paths, Oman chose to include regulation rather than a total ban. The new model leaves licensed mining in the formal system, while bringing regulators closer to the distribution and operation of national calculations.
This arrangement will not alter the bottom-up rules of the Bitcoin network itself, but globally, official mine models under State supervision are still relatively rare, and Oman has thus become a clearer case for this model.