Ecosystem
Outside BTC and TAO, Most Top 25 Cryptos Are Basically Garbage
This article is based on a hand-compiled August 2025 dataset (by Joseph Jacks) covering ~25 large-cap assets valued above Bittensor and below Bitcoin (excluding wrapped/staked/meme tokens). The uncomfortable snapshot JJ’s dataset paints a blunt picture of the non-BTC large-cap tier: ~10 years old on average — ~97% of these networks didn’t exist a decade ago….
Bittensor Ecosystem Highlights of the Week
By: Victor Subnet Updates & Achievements SN16 — BitKoop (formerly HashTensor) HashTensor has officially rebranded as BitKoop, a new subnet designed to source discount codes. Read more. SN34 — BitMind BitMind released their AI detection app, now live on both the App Store and Google Play Store. Check it out. SN44 — Score Score revealed…
TAO Is Tackling Problems Big Pharma Won’t Touch
The decentralized science (DeSci) sector just surged to a $930M market cap—but the real breakthrough isn’t just in token prices. It’s happening inside Bittensor’s specialized subnets, where researchers and builders are tackling problems most Big Tech companies avoid. Unlike traditional pharma or AI labs that spend years navigating regulations, these decentralized AI networks are moving…
What Made Bitcoin and Ethereum Great, TAO Has Too
By: Andy Bitcoin had miners. They built $2.2T+ of value. Ethereum had miners, then stakers. They built $570B & Growing…. $TAO has Miners + Stakers + Validators + Subnet Owners. What Most Don’t Understand (Yet): Layer 1: MINERS Layer 2: STAKERS (Validators) Layer 3: SUBNET OWNERS Brilliant Part: Every participant has skin in the game….
OpenAI’s Open-Weight Is A Game-Changer for $TAO!
By: Andy The Biggest AI News Since GPT-2: OpenAI Goes Open Again After 5+ years of closed development, OpenAI shocked the AI world by releasing gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b – their first open-weight models since GPT-2 in 2019. This isn’t just another model release; it’s a seismic shift that validates everything Bittensor has been building toward….
Evaluation of Bittensor Subnets Compared to Centralized Counterparts
By: Andy If Bittensor markets were fully developed AI startups, their combined market valuation could range between $100B – $200B+, competing with centralized companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and CoreWeave. That’s what Dynamic $TAO is all about. Based on 128 Subnets, what happens when we scale to thousands? With 21 million token design and halvenings! Here…
Bittensor’s Post-Halving Subsidy and Chain’s Buyback Explained
⚠️ Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Maciej Kula on X. It is republished here with full credit to the author. I’ve seen a lot of confusion about the subsidy mechanism, especially with the upcoming TAO halving, and thought it might be worth literally “dumping” some of my understanding and insights I have gathered recently. This…
TAO.BOT: Making Bittensor Everyone’s Playground
Bittensor is quickly catching fire in the crypto space. With its bold vision of a decentralized economy, every enthusiast and newcomer wants to get involved. But there’s a problem: navigating Bittensor isn’t easy. From bridging assets to managing subnet tokens, the onboarding process can feel intimidating—especially for those used to the smoother UX of Ethereum…
TrustedStake Pledges to Fight Weight Copying in a Move to Strengthen Validating on Bittensor
TrustedStake, a leading staking platform and subnet investment hub, has announced a public pledge to never delegate user funds to weight copying validators — a move designed to promote decentralization and strengthen the integrity of the network. Weight copying occurs when validators replicate consensus or peer weight assignments instead of conducting independent miner evaluations. While…
PTN (Bittensor Subnet 8) Launches Beta for Active Validator Program (AVP)
Protocol Tensor Network (PTN) has announced the beta rollout of its Active Validator Program (AVP), a new initiative designed to bridge validator activity with strategy-building on Glitch Financial. The program enables participants to: To qualify for rewards, validators must outperform PTN’s benchmark network model on a quarterly basis. Reward mechanisms will follow PTN’s established incentive…