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Although the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin has experienced sharp declines in recent weeks, significant news regarding its adoption continues to emerge.
Meanwhile, Oman, the second-largest country on the Arabian Peninsula, announced the launch of its national Bitcoin mining pool.
According to Chinese cryptocurrency journalist Wu Blockchain, Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has partnered with Frontier Technologies on Bitcoin mining.
As part of this collaboration, Oman launched Omanhash, the country’s national Bitcoin mining pool.
Under Oman’s regulatory framework, Omanhash will serve as the sole official pool for licensed cryptocurrency mining companies, and all licensed miners will be required to join this pool.
At this point, Omanhash will be the only official Bitcoin mining pool operating under Oman’s regulatory framework.
The Omani government plans to use this pool to centrally manage the hash rate of licensed miners and increase transparency across the sector.
Ommanhash is initially expected to integrate and operate with a mining power of approximately 10 EH/s.
Oman, known for its aggressive investment in the Bitcoin mining sector in recent years, has invested more than $700 million in mining facilities and data center infrastructure since 2022.
*This is not investment advice.
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