How New Subnets Are Created
A plain-English guide to how new subnets get created on Bittensor, covering registration, lock costs, slot competition, and what goes live on-chain.
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Why Bittensor Subnets Should Trade Like Small-Cap AI Equities
A Bittensor subnet is a small-cap decentralized AI company, but nothing prices it like one. Two things close the gap: enterprise revenue you can run a DCF on, and partnerships the AI industry recognizes. One breakout subnet brings the rest.
Bittensor V440 Introduces Emission Gate to Concentrate TAO Rewards Around Stronger Subnets
Bittensor’s V440 upgrade introduces the Emission Gate, a new threshold mechanism that concentrates TAO rewards toward higher-demand subnets while reducing passive yield for idle slots.
Mark Creaser Says Bittensor’s Rule Changes Are Making dTAO Harder to Underwrite
The DSV Fund CEO argues that fast-moving emissions changes have created uncertainty for subnet builders and investors, even as he remains long-term bullish on the network.
Root Reborn is Here. Now What?
The v4.4.1 upgrade moves root yield from automatic TAO conversion into validator-linked subnet baskets, setting up a new phase for TAO, subnets, and root validators.
What Are Bittensor Subnets?
Bittensor subnets are specialized markets where the network's AI gets built, each with its own token and underlying product or solution.
TAO Supply and Emissions: How Bittensor's 21 Million Cap and Halving Schedule Work
How Bittensor issues TAO under a fixed 21 million cap, why halvings trigger on supply milestones rather than the calendar, and where supply stands now.
Bittensor Already Runs the Open Source Version of Every Product the Leading AI Labs Sell
Every AI product closed labs sell already has a working open source version on Bittensor. Here's the subnet-by-subnet mapping and where the value lands.
Bittensor vs Centralized AI (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google): A Complete Guide
How Bittensor stacks up against centralized AI efforts, and why decentralized AI wins long-term.
Bittensor V437 Introduces Miner Collateral and Air-Gapped Signing
The upgrade gives subnets an opt-in way to keep miner capital at stake while adding Polkadot Vault signing, key lineage and new stake-management tools.
Bittensor Fully Activates Conviction, Introduces Subnet Ownership Enforcement
Bittensor’s Conviction mechanism can now transfer subnet ownership to the hotkey with the strongest proven long-term commitment.
Bittensor, July 4, and AI Freedom
Centralized AI is our common enemy, our version of tyranny from afar. Bittensor is where we fight.
What Is OKX AI? A Beginner's Guide to the Onchain AI Agent Marketplace
What is OKX AI? Learn how the autonomous AI agent marketplace works, including users, agent providers, escrow, evaluators, and its planned integration with Bittensor subnets.
OKX AI to Integrate Bittensor Subnet APIs Into New Agent Marketplace
OKX has launched OKX AI, a new onchain marketplace for autonomous agents that will integrate Bittensor subnet APIs, bringing decentralized AI services directly into the platform.
What Is Bittensor?
A beginner-friendly guide to Bittensor, TAO, subnets, Dynamic TAO, and how the network is building an open marketplace for artificial intelligence.
Inside Const's Latest Upgrade: Bittensor's New Emission Formula
Bittensor's v3.4.6-421 replaces TaoFlow's gameable flow-based emission formula with price-based emissions and a miner-burn penalty that cuts subnets routing rewards to owners.