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Your onramp into Bittensor
Bittensor isn’t one kind of AI. It’s dozens. From storage to inference to research. Every subnet is a different bet you can stake TAO on.
A blockchain where the mining output is actual AI.
Bittensor miners train models, run inference, and solve real problems. The compute goes to AI, not wasted on hash puzzles.
Thousands of miners and validators run across a global network. Anyone can join. Nobody owns it.
Each subnet is a different AI project. Put your TAO behind the ones you think will win and earn rewards when they do.
Staking is only the beginning. You can also contribute directly.
Every root validator runs a fund. Stake to one and your root stake accrues shares of its fund; compare share price against the network index before you pick a manager.
Browse funds →Run AI workloads on a subnet: train models, serve inference, solve tasks. You earn TAO emissions for the compute you put in. Stakers can also back the subnets you mine on.
Start mining →Create your own AI project on the network. Define the task, write the incentive mechanism, and attract miners to compete on it. Stakers fund the subnets they think will produce the best AI.
Learn more →Run a validator to score miner outputs and set weights on a subnet. Validators earn emissions and can accept delegated stake from users who want exposure without running infrastructure.
Learn more →Ready to get started?
The basics of Bittensor, TAO, and how the network turns compute into intelligence.
Bittensor is a decentralized AI network where miners produce machine learning models and AI services instead of solving hash puzzles. It uses TAO as its native token. Validators evaluate miner outputs and distribute TAO rewards based on the quality of intelligence produced. Anyone can participate as a miner, validator, subnet creator, or staker.
TAO is the native cryptocurrency token of the Bittensor network. It is used to reward miners for producing AI, to stake on subnets, and to register as a validator or miner. TAO is emitted every 12 seconds across the network and distributed to subnets proportionally based on stake.
A subnet is an individual AI project running on the Bittensor network. Each subnet defines a specific AI task (like text generation, image recognition, or data scraping), sets its own incentive mechanism, and has its own miners and validators. There are over 100 active subnets on Bittensor.
Bittensor and Bitcoin are both decentralized networks secured by miners. The difference is what mining produces. Bitcoin miners solve hash puzzles that consume electricity without producing anything useful. Bittensor miners train models, run inference, and solve real machine learning problems. The compute goes to AI.
Decentralized AI means AI systems that no single company controls. Networks like Bittensor spread AI production across thousands of independent miners and validators around the world, rather than concentrating it in a few corporate datacenters. Anyone can contribute compute, validate outputs, or stake on projects.
The Bittensor blockchain explorer at bittensor.ai lets you search and browse all on-chain activity on the Subtensor blockchain. You can look up blocks, extrinsics (transactions), events, TAO transfers, staking operations, subnet registrations, and validator activity in real time.
Subtensor is the Substrate-based blockchain that powers the Bittensor network. It records all TAO token transactions, staking operations, subnet registrations, validator weight-setting, and miner incentive distributions. The Bittensor.ai explorer provides a web interface to browse Subtensor chain data.