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Bittensor (TAO) live price dashboard

Bittensor is a network where subnets compete to produce useful AI work such as model training and inference. This board puts TAO beside BTC and ETH with 7-day and 30-day candles.

What is Bittensor?

Bittensor is a network where subnets compete to produce useful AI work such as model training and inference. Validators in each subnet score the miners, and rewards come from TAO emissions, paid out in each subnet's own alpha token since 2025. Jacob Steeves and Ala Shaabana co-founded it with support from the Opentensor Foundation, and TAO itself has a 21 million cap and halving issuance like Bitcoin.

Bittensor switched on in January 2021 as a fair launch, with no premine and no token sale. TAO is minted every 12-second block, 1 TAO at first. The first halving came in December 2025 and cut that to 0.5 TAO, about 3,600 a day. Halvings trigger on issuance thresholds rather than block counts, so recycled TAO pushes them later.

Dynamic TAO went live on February 13, 2025. Every subnet now has its own alpha token and a TAO pool, and staking TAO into a subnet is a swap into its alpha. Demand for each alpha, measured through its pool, decides how much emission the subnet gets. Inside a subnet, 18% goes to the owner, 41% to miners and 41% to validators and their stakers.

There are 128 subnet slots. A new registration evicts the subnet with the lowest price average, so a weak subnet can lose its spot entirely. That is why alpha tokens swing far harder than TAO.

Bittensor key facts
SymbolTAO
CategoryAI
CoinGecko idbittensor
Price sources in CashboardCoinGecko
Wallet trackingManual portfolio only

What do traders watch on TAO?

  • Subnet alpha token prices and staking flows, which steer emissions under Dynamic TAO.
  • Daily TAO issuance, about 3,600 since the December 2025 halving.
  • New subnet registrations, which push out the weakest of the 128 slots.

Where can you read more about Bittensor?

Frequently asked questions

What is the max supply of TAO?

The max supply is 21 million TAO, the same cap as Bitcoin. Issuance halves each time total issuance crosses the midpoint of what is left, and the first halving came in December 2025.

What is Dynamic TAO?

Dynamic TAO is the February 13, 2025 upgrade that gave every subnet its own alpha token and liquidity pool. Emissions now follow market demand for those tokens instead of votes by root validators.

Can I track TAO without an account?

Yes. The TAO board on this page runs in your browser and saves on your device. Prices come from CoinGecko. Cashboard does not read Bittensor wallets, so add your amount to a manual Portfolio and it is priced live.

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