Ecosystem
Doug Sillars on Why Bittensor Is Becoming a Startup Ecosystem (And What Needs to Improve)
Doug Sillars, Developer Relations lead at Taostats, recently joined the Ventura Labs podcast to break down what’s really happening inside the Bittensor ecosystem. From subnets behaving like real companies, to emission mechanics, MEV bots, and why most subnets will fail just like startups do in Web2, Doug offered one of the clearest explanations yet of…
Why Bittensor $TAO Consistently Dominate Crypto AI Crypto Mindshare
In crypto markets, attention is rarely random. Before capital rotates, before charts break out, before narratives fully mature, retail search behavior usually shifts first. That’s why the latest data from CoinGecko is worth examining. Its updated ranking of the Top 15 most-searched altcoins offers a live snapshot of where investor curiosity is clustering. And once…
Bittensor Cofounder Explains What Makes a Great Subnet
Cover image by: DreadBongo This video is a masterclass on what actually matters when building a Bittensor subnet. 1. A subnet is just a benchmark Const’s main point is simple: the entire subnet starts and ends with a benchmark. Before thinking about a product, website, revenue, or hype, you first need to define: If the…
Bittensor Ecosystem Highlights – Feb Week 2
February Week 2 delivered another strong wave of momentum across the Bittensor ecosystem, with major progress spanning decentralized reinforcement learning, AI search, agent tooling, storage infrastructure, and real-world adoption. Here are the biggest subnet milestones, ecosystem developments, and key media highlights from the past week. SUBNET UPDATES & ACHIEVEMENTS ➤ @IOTA_SN9 SN9 @MacrocosmosAI’s Train at…
Bitsec vs. OpenClaw: When AI Writes Code Faster Than Humans Can Audit
OpenClaw has rapidly become one of the most exciting projects in the AI space. An open-source, local-first agent that can control your apps, manage your calendar, and execute shell commands, it skyrocketed to over 191,000 GitHub stars in weeks. But that incredible velocity has a cost. With over 500,000 lines of code and 300+ commits…
Recap of Bittensor’s Novelty Search: The Network Moves Toward Full Decentralization
One year ago, Bittensor launched Dynamic TAO (dTAO), an upgrade that felt like a new paradigm was coming to the network. As Const put it, the rollout was “insane,” but it worked. In a single move, Bittensor went from being a one-token blockchain into a system with 128 (and potentially more) subnet tokens, instantly creating…
It’s a factory network $TAO Truly A self-improving Machine Learning Flywheel
By: Andy Bittensor has real revenue, cross-subnet composability, and adoption from legacy industries — happening right now, unlike anything else in crypto. From powering the first AI-powered grand strategy / alternate-history sandbox game, to major real-world partnerships like: This isn’t one team building one product. This is 120+ subnets (heading toward 256) shipping simultaneously —…
Covenant AI’s TGIF Recap: Templar Pushes Bigger Training, While Grail Breaks the RL Bandwidth Wall
Covenant AI’s latest TGIF session covered major progress across its three core efforts: Templar, Basilica, and Grail. The session’s overall takeaway was that decentralized AI training is moving faster than most people expected, and the team is actively redesigning incentive systems to keep miners innovating. Watch the full episode here: Templar: Bigger Model Training, But…
Bittensor Ecosystem Highlights – February Week 1
By: Victor SUBNET UPDATES & ACHIEVEMENTS ➤ Grail SN81@covenant_ai unveiled PULSE, their decentralized reinforcement learning system for LLMs. It matches centralized RL speed, achieves 100x+ bandwidth reduction for weight synchronization, and remains completely lossless. Read more here. ➤ Chutes SN64Chutes has generated $1.35M+ in revenue over the last 90 days. Details here.They also announced that…
PotaTao Makes Trading Bittensor Subnet Tokens as Simple as Possible
For newcomers, Bittensor can be somewhat complicated. With multiple subnets, alpha tokens, validators, and staking mechanics, it’s overwhelming and sometimes confusing even for experienced users. PotaTao just launched on February 1, 2026, with one goal: to make all of this simple. It’s a decentralized exchange built specifically for Bittensor that lets you swap TAO and…