Was just discussing this with our team this morning. We are actively exploring a project in Oman. This is a bit concerning.

If the government forces regulated miners in its jurisdiction to use that pool, and that pool controls the block template - there's some potential damage... The pool can censor transactions, blacklists, ignore certain txs, shape what goes into blocks, and potentially coordinate around protocol fights.

Not ideal for sure... Bad potential precedent.

Block templates should belong to the miners.