Say what you will about Malaysian law, but isolated tech hubs with weak connection to the host state, its people, language or culture, which import entrepreneurs to live amongst themselves will always have this problem.
Conviction is now fully live for Bittensor subnets.
In startups, founders can show commitment through vesting. In Bittensor, subnet owners can now prove it with locked alpha.
And for the first time, subnet ownership can be challenged by a higher conviction score.
Bittensor >> $TAO >> #τₐcc
I wanted to reshare this old chart.
Many people have probably never seen it because of its age.
Back when it circulated in 2022/2023, it was simply a mathematical model based on TAO supply and market capitalization.
Today, looking at the numbers, can we honestly say that these projections still make sense?
Perhaps more than ever.
And this is probably the most important point:
Back then, none of this existed:
❌ No subnets.
❌ No alpha tokens.
❌ No Bitstarter.
❌ No Yuma funds.
❌ No institutional exposure.
❌ No subnet listings.
❌ No buybacks.
❌ No application economy.
The original model only considered TAO.
Today, we have:
• nearly $1B in subnet value,
• institutional products,
• application-layer economies,
• buybacks,
• external capital,
• and a growing AI ecosystem.
The assumptions behind this chart have not necessarily become less realistic.
If anything, the network has become significantly stronger than what most of us imagined four years ago.
Draw your own conclusions.⚡
Bittensor $TAO Top 10?! 🤯
$HYPE is the #1 Perp DEX Layer 1 that deserves to be in the top 10. ✅
$ZEC is the #1 Privacy Layer 1 that deserves to be in the top 10. ✅
$TAO as the #1 AI Layer 1 that WILL be in the top 10. ☑️
Do you agree?👇@opentensor
Limited edition: the Bittensor wallet, powered by Tangem. @opentensor@bittensor
Cold storage for $TAO, in card form. Pre-orders open now.
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BITTENSOR'S INSTITUTIONAL CASE GETS A LOT HARDER TO IGNORE
@opentensor's Q1 2026 brought serious institutional validation. Nvidia staked $420M in $TAO with 77% locked. Polychain Capital added $200M in exposure. The network generated $43M in real AI usage revenue last quarter, driven by functional subnets like Chutes.
Both @Grayscale and @BitwiseInvest have spot $TAO ETF filings live, with decisions expected later in 2026. Subnet capacity is also doubling from 128 to 256 to absorb new builders.
Honestly, I trust TAO more than ETH at this stage.
10 important things about Bittensor that most people are just ignoring right now. 🧵👇
1. Each subnet runs its own economy with its own alpha token, independent staking, rewards and governance.
2. Emissions follow real demand, subnets that attract genuine stakers earn more. No politics, pure market signal.
3. $43M in REAL AI revenue last quarter alone. This isn’t speculation anymore.
4. NVIDIA dropped $420M into TAO (77% staked). Polychain added $200M.
5. Subnet tokens are going cross-chain via Chainlink to Base L2.
6. TAO fees aren’t burned, they’re recycled back into future mining rewards.
7. Halving already hit, daily issuance dropped from 7,200 to 3,600 TAO.
8. 128 subnets live now. Upgrading to 256 in 2026. More AI services, more competition, more value.
9. Grayscale filed for a TAO Trust. Subnet tokens hitting CEXs.
10. 77% of consumers want decentralized AI over Big Tech. Bittensor is building exactly what the market is demanding.
$TAO isn’t just an AI token, it’s building a real decentralized AI economy. Subnets act like products, TAO is the fuel, and global compute is the engine powering it all. This isn’t hype, it’s already in motion and most people still don’t see how big this could get.
The students at your favorite elite uni use AI to do the homework, the teachers wrote it with AI and will score with AI also. Those same schools market their historically built prestige globally so that international students can exploit the immigration system. The work you do at every level is taken by the same uni at a 40% cut. They hire international marketing teams to feed you that lie.
Exploit the system. Go straight to the workforce. Mine Bittensor.
Three universities.
Three conversations on the future of open intelligence.
If you’re in London, Cambridge, or Oxford, come by.
London // 24th April @ 6 PM 🔗 https://t.co/uLKIFFP3Is
Cambridge // 26th April @ 4 PM 🔗 https://t.co/sIixzIqvKA
Oxford // 28th April @ 5 PM 🔗 https://t.co/bb5r17dCwG
Feat. Jacob Steeves, Co-founder of Bittensor
@const_reborn
Fantastic to spend time with many of the leaders in the Bittensor $TAO community at Yuma's first ever summit. The vibes, enthusiasm and camaraderie reminded me of DCG's first Summit in 2015
https://t.co/ritf6lTYGK
Truly an inspirational group. Big things are happening
⏳ The $TAO halving is happening in the next few hours!!!
This is a structural shift for the entire Bittensor network.
From this moment forward, TAO emissions are cut in half. That means fewer new tokens entering circulation while demand for compute, inference, data, and real world AI services continues to grow across subnets.
Why this is bullish for $TAO
Lower emissions reduce inflation at the base layer. TAO becomes harder to acquire while remaining the settlement asset that every subnet, Alpha token, and incentive loop depends on. Scarcity meets utility.
Why this is bullish for subnets
Liquidity injections slow down, which makes early accumulated liquidity more valuable. Strong subnets with real demand, usage, and fees become easier to distinguish from weak ones. Capital concentrates where performance exists.
Importantly, Alpha rewards to miners, validators, and subnet owners do not halve. Incentives stay intact while dilution drops.
This is not just a supply shock.
It is a transition from growth mode to efficiency mode.
The TAO halving tightens the system, rewards real contribution, and sets the stage for long term value accrual across the Bittensor ecosystem.