Shmael H.

$tao

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

"price of $tao = societies aggregate understanding of the implications of centralized ML/AI" Inspired by Evert Scott

[Mark Jeffrey @markjeffrey]

A bittensor subnet, Oro Subnet 15, has been accepted into Y Combinator.

$TAO

[Mark Jeffrey @markjeffrey]

The top page of https://t.co/trFkbspHHV right now.

To make a new Solana memecoin you pair your new coin with second 'major' coin.

You can see ZCash, Hyperliquid, TAO and Anthropic 'pre-stock' coin as the paired major coins below.

The Solana population is being shown that TAO is a 'major coin'.

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

@markjeffrey 😂

[Superman @thesupermannx]

MIT mathematically proved that AI will destroy the democracy.

A Nobel-winning MIT economist published a terrifying paper called "Automation and Repression"

As AI and automation replace human labor, wealth concentrates heavily in the hands of a tiny group of capital owners. Inequality skyrockets.

When inequality hits a critical mass, workers realize they are being crushed and the threat of a popular revolt spikes.

Faced with that threat, the ruling elite are forced to make a choice.

They can redistribute the wealth through taxes, or they can use force to keep people down.

The paper mathematically proves a dark reality: there is a direct, inescapable link between automation and political repression.

The more capital accumulates through AI, the more the elite prefer repression over redistribution.

Why? Because sharing the wealth cuts into their power. Funding a police state protects it.

It gets worse.

The authors modeled what happens when an economy starts inside a clean, stable democracy.

As automation advances and capital concentrates at the top, the math shows that the elite eventually find democracy to be a liability.

They stop supporting democratic systems. They back a coup. They install a repressive system just to protect their automated wealth.

Nobody is voting to end democracy.

The technology’s economic incentives just make authoritarian control the logical next step for survival.

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

@markjeffrey More leverage more fun

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

@TMtheOG 😂

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

@const_reborn @chutes_ai commoditize everything

[τerenc3 @FacetSir]

Nearing the point where we start to witness affine orchestrating the choir. @affine_io

[FrankSchuil @FrankSchuil]

If nothing else it’s a hedge against centralized AI. $STAO https://t.co/XJMUHCOhQh

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

@wallstreetbets @DocumentingTao squeeze tao shorters

[R.L. ₿ryer @rBryer23]

I've been completely $TAO pilled. 💊

This is the most likely network to decouple from $BTC price action [crypto macro] over time.

The architecture of Bittensor is absolutely brilliant : 128 subnets vying for incubation via emissions based on their production of intelligence [utility] which other subnets and users can tap into and leverage - profound.

The way BTC changed money - Bittensor is changing AI. The merger of crypto x AI will seem obvious eventually - the way that Bitcoin does today.

The demand for decentralized intelligence will go parabolic in the same way the demand for decentralized money has - it is apodictic.

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

@wallstreetbets when squeeze tao bears

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

"You can't kill what runs on pure stubbornness and ramen 🍜"

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

@oroagents commoditize all layers

[Openτensor Foundaτion @opentensor]

Introducing a new cryptographic governance primitive
>> Conviction

- The Formula:
Conviction = Stake x Time.

- Linear Unlocking:
Lock Alpha tokens for a set duration (e.g., 365 days) to prove long-term commitment.

- Mutable Ownership:
If an owner acts maliciously, the community can collectively lock their tokens to a new key and vote them out.

- Delegated Conviction:
Miners and investors can delegate their conviction to cryptographically back teams they trust.

First, testing this primitive on subnets 3, 39, and 81 to help the community regain control before a wider rollout.

* Initial design still being tuned and tested, more information

E071 // Hosted by @const_reborn
00:00 - Addressing the recent subnet owner exploit & subnet governance
07:18 - Introducing the "Conviction" mechanism
11:38 - Rollout Plan: starting with subnets 3, 39 & 81
18:42 - AMA Begins
21:03 - How subnet teams can still raise capital (OTC)
24:47 - Q&A: Hostile takeovers & malicious whales
41:22 - Why centralized competitors can't buy and kill decentralized subnets
54:14 - @mogmachine joins: Scenario testing subnet impacts

Drop your thoughts or questions ↓

#Bittensor #TAO #CryptoGovernance

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

https://t.co/TAIyyqXbgK

[Manu τ , τ @ManuTrade1010]

Why $TUSDT @TensorUSD can be a smart alternative (and supplement) to root staking – and why it even helps the entire #Bittensor ecosystem

Many simply keep $TAO on root (#SN0) and are happy about the stable but moderate return. Currently, the root APY is often at 5-6% (depending on the validator, tending to decrease in the long term due to the emission halvings). Your TAO is virtually lying around - safe, but not particularly productive.

☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻 In particular, the root APY is falling because the TAO halvings halve the daily emissions and the root share of the network in favor of the subnets is getting smaller and smaller.

$TUSDT (TensorUSD) is a 1:1 TAO-backed #stablecoin (overcollateralized). You deposit TAO as collateral, mint TUSDT and can then actively use this stablecoin in the Bittensor ecosystem: Liquidity Pools, Lending, Yield Farming, etc.

🧐When can TUSDT be better than pure root staking?

• Higher effective return: Root only gives you the emission reward. With TUSDT you also let your capital work in DeFi - often significantly more yield (depending on strategy and market phase).

• More liquidity & flexibility: You have a stablecoin that is stable in value and that you can use or trade at any time - without enduring full TAO volatility.

• Capital really works: Instead of just parking, you generate extra income in the ecosystem.

And best of all, it doesn't have to be either-or.

‼️‼️‼️ N F A ‼️‼️‼️
You can do both in parallel – e.g. For example, 70–80% root for the secure core of your portfolio and 20-30% in TUSDT + DeFi for the more active part. This is how you perfectly diversify risk and return.

Why this is also good for the entire Bittensor ecosystem

• More real #DeFi activity and higher Total Value Locked (TVL) → the ecosystem becomes more attractive for new users and developers.

• Your TAO is not only "staked", but circulates productively - this strengthens the utility of TAO in the long term.

• It accelerates the development of a true bittensor-native DeFi market (lending, trading, yield, etc.). The more people use $TUSDT, the more robust and lively the entire network becomes.

In short

Root staking remains the solid, low-risk basis - especially for the majority of your TAO.

TUSDT is a smart addition if you not only want to keep your capital, but really want it to work. And to stabilize the ecosystem in volatility times

@bittensor @const_reborn @CryptoZPunisher @DreadBong0 @MaxScore @SubnetSummerT @designerbiru @iamkhemrajregmi @TaoIsTheKey

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

@ManuTrade1010 @TensorUSD liquid staking with an honest validator and using that collateral to mint tusd

[Andy ττ @bittingthembits]

Founder rugs have been destroying communities since the beginning of this industry

🚨 We now have BIT-0011 Proposal

3 days ago, a $TAO subnet founder dumped 37,000 $TAO worth of Alpha on his own community and walked away

3 days later, the protocol already has a proposed solution on the table.

BIT-0011. Locked Stake and Conviction

Let me break down what this actually means because it is one of the most important proposals in Bittensor's history, and we need to pay attention to it.

Right now, a subnet owner registers once, pays the registration cost, and holds that subnet indefinitely. There is nothing on-chain requiring them to prove ongoing commitment.

They can sit on the subnet doing nothing. Or worse, they can build trust, attract stakers, collect emissions, and then dump everything overnight with zero warning.

That is exactly what happened with Covenant.

Locked Stake fixes this at the protocol level. With math.

Here is how it works.

You lock your Alpha on a subnet for a chosen duration.

That lock creates a conviction score. Conviction starts at 100% of the locked amount and decays linearly to zero as the lock approaches expiry.

The longer you lock and the more you lock, the higher your conviction.

Every 30 days, the protocol checks all conviction scores on every subnet.

The staker with the highest conviction, EMA smoothed over time to prevent anyone from briefly locking a massive amount to snipe ownership becomes the subnet owner.

Read that again 👀

Subnet ownership becomes a continuous contest of commitment.

It's not a one-time purchase.
It's an ongoing proof that you have skin in the game.

What this means in practice.

If a subnet owner wants to exit, their conviction starts decaying the moment they stop re-locking.

Investors can see it happening in advance. The market can reprice the Alpha before the owner dumps.
And any motivated team with higher conviction can challenge that ownership and take over the subnet.

Learn Bittensor pointed out that Chutes currently holds roughly 37,000 $TAO worth of SN64 Alpha in a smart contract for owner emissions.

If the Chutes team locked all of it for a long duration, any malicious actor trying to take over would need to exceed that amount and lock it for longer.

The cost of attacking becomes massive. And if the existing community does not support the challenger, they can unstake and crash the Alpha value, making the takeover economically pointless.

The conviction decay mechanic:

The score starts at the full locked amount, then decays linearly toward zero as time passes.

So if someone locks:

1,000 ALPHA for 100 days

▫️Day 1 = 1,000 conviction
▫️Day 50 = 500 conviction
▫️Day 100 = 0 conviction

The important part:

They cannot freely withdraw the locked portion while conviction exists. Only the unlocked portion is available to unstake.

At expiry conviction hits zero, and everything unlocks. This means owners can not silently prepare a rug.

If the subnet owner wants to keep ownership strength, they need to re-lock before conviction decays too far.

Const said it himself: "Exploits are what teach a system its weak spots. The quicker you find them, the faster you learn."

No other network in crypto has proposed anything like this 🔥

The standard response has always been that's just crypto or hire better lawyers.

Bittensor's response is to build a cryptographic mechanism Locked ALPHA turns into a time-weighted commitment score. The more size + the more time remaining, the more ownership power you have.

This is still a draft proposal.

BIT-0011. Being discussed openly. The design may change.

The network identified its weakness in real time, the founder proposed the fix within hours, and the community is now iterating on the solution in public

That is what an adaptive stress-driven growth system looks like.

Now, founder alignment market's can literally measure block by block

$TAO

Thanks to @learnbittensor

Link: https://t.co/eKWh1wx0RO

[Shmael H. @shmael_h]

@TensorUSD community is a bit of a stretch:) just the top of my head; I hope you guys ace this because I think defi with/on bittensor has potential that is not widely thought of; good luck and fortunes!