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Oman Requires All Bitcoin Miners to Join a State-Run Pool, Tightening Government Grip on $BTC Activity

6/17/2026

Oman has launched a mandatory national Bitcoin mining pool backed by the state, requiring miners operating in the country to route their work through government-controlled infrastructure.

The move marks one of the most direct attempts by any nation to assert regulatory authority over the $BTC network at the infrastructure level.

What a Mining Pool Is — and Why Forcing One Changes Everything A Bitcoin mining pool is an arrangement where individual miners combine their computing power to improve their collective odds of solving a block and earning the associated reward, then split the payout proportionally.

Ordinarily, miners choose their pool freely, selecting based on fees, payout structures, and geography.

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