As decentralized AI networks mature, the conversation is gradually shifting away from raw capability and toward something far more consequential, which is alignment. It is no longer enough for models to be powerful. They must […]
For years, decentralized AI has existed more as a promise than a product. The vision was compelling: Open access to intelligence, permissionless compute, and a global network coordinating without centralized control. Yet for most participants, […]
In Bittensor, attention tends to flow toward emissions, narratives, and short-term momentum. Subnets rise and fall on hype cycles, and capital often follows visibility rather than structure. But beneath all of that, there is a […]
The TAO Daily team chatted with James Altucher about what Bittensor should do differently after the Covenant exit, and what he thinks every subnet investor should be paying attention to going forward. Altucher is an […]
Founder rugs have been destroying crypto communities since the beginning of this industry. The standard response has always been “that’s just crypto” or “hire better lawyers.” Three days ago, a Bittensor subnet founder dumped 37,000 […]
If you asked most people in the AI industry to name the leading open-source inference provider on the planet, they would probably guess a well-funded Silicon Valley startup backed by hundreds of millions in venture […]
The complexity of mining $TAO has long become its greatest strength and its biggest barrier to entry. While the network enables programmable markets for intelligence, mining often requires a deep mix of administration skills, crypto […]
NOTE: This piece is adapted from insights originally shared by Nick Hotz, whose framing of incentives, geopolitics, and decentralized intelligence offers a compelling lens into Bittensor’s role today. In 2020, at the height of the […]
Here’s what happened across the $TAO ecosystem this week. Market $TAO opened the week around $310 and is currently trading ~$254–$280 after one of the most significant subnet exit crisis in the ecosystem. TAO surged […]
There is a quiet shift happening in AI right now. We are moving from tools to teammates, from isolated models to coordinated, task-driven agents that can actually work alongside humans. But there is a problem. […]
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