After the Tao Punks rug, it’s starting to feel like the NFT momentum on Bittensor EVM has cooled off. A lot of people seem to have been here chasing hype rather than genuinely engaging with the underlying technology—especially with the recent wave of $TAO-related FUD .
That said, it’s worth zooming out for a second. Bittensor is still one of the more ambitious and interesting projects in the space, aiming to build a decentralized machine learning network where intelligence itself becomes a tradable resource. That’s a much bigger vision than short-term NFT cycles, and if it succeeds, it could redefine how AI models are developed, shared, and monetized.
As for Tao Systems NFT, it’s still on track to launch—but with a shift in approach. Instead of a paid mint, it’ll now be a free mint, which could help bring in a more genuinely interested community rather than purely speculative demand.