Bittensor

TAO Launched 2021 source

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Launch

An initial iteration of the network named Kusanagi was started on the 3rd January 2021 and halted in the middle of May; previously mined TAO were migrated to Nakamoto, started on 2nd November 2021 from block 0. secondary source source

Founders and creators

Jacob Steeves and Ala Shaabana are behind Bittensor. secondary source source

Stated purpose

Open-source protocol powering a decentralized, blockchain-based machine learning network. secondary source source
The Bittensor paper proposes a market where intelligence is priced by other intelligence systems peer-to-peer across the internet. primary source source

Consensus mechanism

Bittensor uses a token-based incentive mechanism, which rewards miners for contributing to the network's collective knowledge. secondary source source

Supply model

Models are rewarded in TAO according to the informational value they offer. secondary source source

Main uses today

Independent subnets produce digital commodities — compute, inference, storage, prediction — and the chain pays participants in TAO in proportion to the value they contribute. primary source source

Notable events and controversies

Miners produce the commodity, validators score the miners, subnet creators define the incentive mechanism, and stakers back validators with TAO. primary source source

Sources & studies

Last checked: 2026-11-04 · Prices, market caps and circulating supply are left out on purpose because they change by the minute. Educational, not financial advice.

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