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Bittensor will begin introducing an "interim" mechanism next week to block emissions flowing to subnets deemed inactive, exploitative, or not meaningfully contributing to the ecosystem, according to a new statement from Const.
In a message shared today with the Bittensor community, Const said the network plans to begin applying emission blocks on a case-by-case basis, targeting subnets engaged in what was described as “active foul play” or those with “no clear path to adding value into the Bittensor ecosystem.”
According to the announcement, four categories of subnet behavior are expected to face increased scrutiny:
- Long-term burning of 100% miner emissions with no plan from the team to bring them online.
- Active self-mining i.e. subnets that do not have code and instead use stake weight to pass emissions to their own keys.
- Dead or fully abandoned subnets, or those that have not announced themselves i.e. "unclaimed" subnets.
- Subnets engaged in TaoFlow exploitation, such as 104, which have very little to no chain activity from the network at large.
To support the effort, Const said a new chain operation enabling emission blocking is expected to become available Tuesday.
He also noted that future protocol upgrades, including conviction systems, shorting mechanisms, and Bittensor’s planned decentralized governance framework, are expected to introduce more market-driven ways for the network to organize emissions allocation over time.
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