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Oman has established a mandatory national $BTC mining pool, making the Gulf state one of the first sovereign governments to centralize Bitcoin mining operations under direct state mandate.
The initiative is framed as a regulatory push, with the designation "mandatory" and "national" signaling that participation is compulsory rather than voluntary for miners operating within the country's jurisdiction.
What a State-Mandated Pool Changes A mandatory national mining pool differs fundamentally from the voluntary mining consortiums that dominate the global hashrate landscape.
Rather than miners selecting pools based on fee structures and payout schemes, Oman's framework appears to route domestic mining activity through a single, government-overseen entity.
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