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Swarm, the drone-autonomy project operating on Bittensor Subnet 124, has announced a 20 TAO buyback and burn alongside an ongoing buyback program, a restriction of subnet-produced intelligence to paying clients, and an increased allocation for stakers.
Swarm said the package is intended to strengthen the company and connect its work to long-term value. The client restriction applies from now on, so paid demand is the stated basis for access to the subnet’s intelligence.
Swarm plans to increase the allocation of value flowing back to stakers.
The 20 TAO initiative is separate from Swarm’s ongoing commitment to recurring buybacks and burns. TAO is Bittensor’s native token. Buybacks purchase tokens, and burns permanently remove them from circulation.
Swarm’s open-source drone benchmark gives developers a way to train autonomous pilots and compete across simulated environments. Submitted models are evaluated on flight missions, with rewards paid through Bittensor. The benchmark supports the project’s work on autonomous navigation and coordinated drone behavior.
The update follows Swarm’s first open drone-interceptor competition, which paired simulated training with real hardware for the winner. Swarm also plans to begin field evaluation in April 2027 with a European security partner, testing its Interceptor and Swarm SAR product families outside simulation and controlled testing.
