Bittensor (TAO)

I saw this comment from @scottybmitch the other day and basically reminded of what @Bitcast_network does; Introducing a maximum number of participants to their $TAO briefs/tournaments. (Although he may refer to something else but anyway XD) To give you some context, the eligibility of the accounts is determined by their mindshare within the Bittensor community. Essentially a social tree network which is common to InfoFI platforms. This is dynamic as a snapshot is being taken bi-weekly to give chance to other accounts to become eligible and give a competitive flair to the system. Depending on each campaign the top 150-250 can get rewarded for creating content about XYZ subnet that launches a campaign. --- Now, I have 2 issues with this current approach: 1) There are many subnet brand accounts in the eligible circle. > This still doesn't make sense to me cuz a subnet wouldn't participate to a campaign for another subnet to earn rewards, right? > I understand this might be due to campaigns' budget and therefore cutting the pie in less pieces so the eligible creators earn more. 2) Let's say you're eligible and create posts; your rewards are determined by the engagement you receive by the other eligible creators. > While I initially i was worried about ppl gaming the system this doesn't seem (the incentives probably aren't that high for reputable ppl in community to try and max them) > However there's still the issue of the content being distributed to the very same pool of people as most eligble accounts don't really have reach outside the TAO cluster. > I know that's something Bitcast has taken into consideration as it shows from their CEO's @Tom_dot_b recent post: https://t.co/0qL6GkX5uj > The idea for expansion is to identify other niches relevant to Bittensor such as DeAI, DePIN, DePAI. > Which actually makes a lot of sense as there other ecosystem that take a similar "Darwinian" approach or commodities collection in scale like $TIG, CrunchDAO , $NRM, BitRobot x Virtuals etc. So when that happens it'll be interesting to see if they will follow the same logic when it comes to rewards distribution or they will use a "smart followers" approach. (Xeet also has SFs; just they aren't public) Anyway to wrap up this, there are 2 questions in my mind when it comes to broader InfoFI landscape. • How to balance rewarding those who already talk about projects before an InfoFI campaign takes place and new entrants? • Maybe the problem with many InfoFI platfroms is their starting scale? Would things be more efficient if they started small and targeted instead of trying to recruit every single creator here? Just not sure how good data segregation via just keywords is but i think that's the answer to both of those questions. ------- > Btw this post isn't eligible for rewards as the Bitcast's ongoing campaign has 200 ppl as maximum participants and I'm 202 lmao. Though I'll probably make it to the next snapshot. > I've talked about them many times (i'm like top 15 in their all time mindshare) as I have had good chats with their co-founder @will_mizu where I also pointed Xeet as a good example of an InfoFI approach 2 months ago. > Plus while this is the only InfoFI platform on Bittensor, is also the only one in any eco, that started from YouTube (though to participate has a couple friction points). All the other ones are currently limited to Twitter. > Imma finish my Xeet creator application now which probably triggered so many InfoFI thoughts on a Saturday midnight XD

So, the $TAO is halving. Just 1 day away, already here. What you need to know: It started with. A few subnets. A few builders. A theory. Now 129 Subnets competing on global stage. Imagine what this will look like by the 2ND halving. Daily issuance goes from 7,200 to 3,600. This is the part everyone understands. What most people don’t see right away is that this doesn’t just hit $TAO. It also hits how alpha enters the system. Const summed it up perfectly: When $TAO halves, the amount of alpha added to subnet pools also halves. That’s what pseudo alpha halving means. Not because alpha rewards are being cut. They’re not. But because less alpha is being injected into liquidity alongside $TAO. And that distinction matters a lot. Here’s the key thing to internalize: Miners, validators, subnet owners they still get the same percentage of alpha as before. 41% to miners. 41% to validators. 10% to owners. Same split. No change. Nothing gets rugged there. What does change is the rate of dilution. Pools grow slower. Not smaller. Just slower. Less $TAO in. Less alpha paired with it. That means scarcity increases on both sides of the pool at the same time. This is intentional. Now put TaoFlow on top of that. Emissions are no longer handed out just because a subnet exists. Capital flow decides. If your subnet attracts stake, you still get paid. If it doesn’t, you get nothing. That’s new. Before, weak subnets could coast. After the halving, they can’t. Same network. Half the issuance. Much higher competition. This is selection pressure. And it’s real & happening. One more thing: Subnet alpha halving schedules are independent. They don’t all halve just because $TAO does. But liquidity injection does respond instantly to $TAO’s halving. That’s why this point matters, and I bring it up all the time. It’s not a hard alpha halving. It’s a liquidity halving. Rewards stay steady. Dilution slows. Strong subnets get stronger. Weak ones get squeezed. This is what a real protocol does. It tightens supply and lets the market decide who deserves it. Not everything halves. Not everyone wins. But the system gets smarter. That’s what’s actually going on. 🧠⚡ $TAO

Here is @Grayscale's summary of the $TAO halving that will take place the day after tomorrow It is one of the institutional crypto investment giants with over $35 billion in assets under management If you have any interest, you should take a look 🎯

Which $TAO subnets will ACTUALLY explode after the Bittensor Halving? 👇

It's HALVENING you primitives.