Bittensor (TAO)

$TAO is up 20% in 7 days. BTC is up 2%. Something just changed. For most of 2026, TAO moved like a classic crypto beta. BTC up, TAO up. BTC red, TAO red. The market priced decentralized AI as just another alt riding Bitcoin’s coattails. That story is getting harder to tell. Here is what correlation traders are not pricing in. 3,600 TAO per day, all the new supply post-halving. Half of what it was six months ago. 70% of circulating supply is staked. Not on exchanges. Not available. Reported $43 million in subnet revenue in Q1 2026. Not speculation. Actual AI services. Actual demand. 128 subnets building on the network right now. Grayscale filed for a spot TAO ETF. SEC decision expected by August. The U.S. government restricted centralized AI access last week. $2.87 billion rotated into decentralized AI tokens in seven days. TAO led the way. The decoupling from BTC does not get announced. It happens when TAO’s own demand engine outweighs Bitcoin’s gravity. That engine is being built right now while most people are still watching the BTC chart. The ones who understood this before the ETF decision will not need to explain themselves later. Save this before it moves.

Our statement from SubConnect on the recent changes in the Bittensor ecosystem and the way forward. $TAO

Bittensor $TAO A few thoughts following the Root Reborn proposal. I'll take the time to listen to Novelty Search as soon as I can get a translation in my language, and I'll also read the messages from people like @AlgodTrading , whom I'd like to thank for participating in the discussion. First of all, a clear majority of the community no longer seems to agree with the many changes initiated by @const_reborn . We are aiming for decentralization, and my feeling is that Const wants to finish his work before that transition fully takes place. I genuinely believe he should consult the major stakeholders more often and take their feedback into account. The older I get, the more I appreciate simple and clear solutions. Humans have an unfortunate tendency to make simple things unnecessarily complicated. Here's a thought I've already shared before. Bittensor is an incentive network. TAO is not just a token; it is also a voting right. Unfortunately, that voting power is often poorly used, allowing bad actors to remain at the forefront. I don't think we can change human nature. People will always try to cheat, speculate, and exploit opportunities. We've all done it to some extent. What we can do, however, is design better incentives. My idea is simple: reward Root stakers for participating in the network. There are currently more than 5 million TAO sitting on Root. Imagine if the APY earned by Root stakers became proportional to the percentage of their wallet allocated to subnets. To receive the full reward, they would have to deploy a certain percentage of their TAO into dTAO. If 20%, 30%, or 40% of those dormant TAO started flowing into dTAO, we could enter a completely new era for Bittensor. On paper, the idea sounds simple. I have no idea whether it is technically feasible, but I do see one obvious challenge. The first question Root stakers would ask is: "Okay, but which subnets should we delegate to?" This is where the community needs to step in. We should have the courage to build a shared understanding of the ecosystem. The idea is straightforward: create two broad categories. The first would include serious projects: teams building real products, generating value, aligned with Bittensor's long-term vision, and genuinely contributing to the network. The second would include extractive subnets, ghost projects, empty promises, and those bringing little or no value to the ecosystem. We're constantly being given new tools to do our own research, but let's be honest: how many average investors truly have the time to analyze every single subnet? We need to be willing to identify and call out bad actors. Doing so could give many Root holders the confidence to finally allocate capital to subnets. Maybe my ideas are too simplistic. Maybe they're unrealistic or impossible to implement. At the end of the day, I'm like most people: I try to keep up with all the changes happening across the network, but it's becoming increasingly complex. If it's difficult for those of us who follow Bittensor every day, imagine how overwhelming it must be for someone who only checks in occasionally. That complexity is one of the reasons why millions of TAO remain parked on Root. I'd also be curious to understand who actually holds those Root positions. What percentage belongs to large holders versus smaller investors? Of course, multiple wallets can belong to the same entity, but having that broader view could help us better understand how to encourage each type of participant. These are simply my reflections, shared with knowledge that is far from matching the giga-brains building this ecosystem. In my ideal scenario, the months ahead would bring three things: products that millions of people can actually use, subnets generating real revenue, fresh external liquidity flowing into dTAO. If those three elements come together, I believe Bittensor will finally break out of its bubble. More people will pay attention to the network, more capital will be deployed, and the merit of those who are truly building will become increasingly difficult to ignore. I may be wrong. But perhaps the future of Bittensor isn't about making the system more complicated. Perhaps it's about aligning incentives well enough that doing the right thing becomes the easiest choice.

hi @const_reborn root reborn, this idea is too risky and the risks are bigger than the benefits. the protocol would benefit more from simplicity than added complexity... - let stakers choose subnets directly if they want. - test the model properly before deployment. - publish a clear roadmap so nobody is surprised by major changes. yuma's concern with root reborn is straightforward: it adds multiple new attack vectors, regulatory risks, and technical complexity, while most of the benefits could potentially be achieved through far simpler and safer mechanisms.

A subnet in $TAO Bittensor is closer to a small AI company than a normal crypto token. It has a product thesis. It has workers. It has incentives. It has liquidity. It has holders. It has validators. It has communication quality. It has execution risk. The alpha token is only one part of the structure. That is why I don’t like reading subnets only through price. Price can move first. The real question is what sits behind the move. Who is building? Who is using it? Who is holding? Where is the demand coming from? It has demand? This is the kind of market that rewards people who read deeper than the chart.

SN107 Minos making subnet operations available through an MCP server is exactly the kind of bridge I want to see in $TAO Bittensor. Agents reading live subnet state instead of humans jumping across dashboards. https://t.co/olGITOxJj3

$TAO / $USD - Update The gap is closing in on TAO. Waiting for lower before looking for new entries. https://t.co/Agr9eJnoXw