TAO

sivartomeus

I bought when btc was at $77k (mostly TAO, SOL and BTC) but I'm scared to buy again now then it goes to $40 like you said, so I'll wait and if it does I'll buy then. If it never goes that low, that's fine too.

PanicForward5618

TAO, Render, etc. do not let his post fear monger you into buying ai crypto

colemusic1

Sorry dude, AI boom is not going anywhere. Have you noticed while BTC, ETH and other majors lately, that AI-narrative tokens had been ripping prior to this huge flush today? RENDER, NEAR, AKT, TAO, FET. There’s a good reason. Semiconductors. They’re in a literal insane expansion right now and edge AI in particular is a long term extremely demanded category within it. I know some might think this is just a short term narrative phase of AI, and while it typically goes in cycles? I don’t see that happening anytime soon. There’s an absolutely enormous supply shock which is why tech stocks are going parabolic. NVDA is officially the biggest company in the world. It IS a semiconductor stock/company, with computing in AI. It’s the biggest weighting in S&P 500, NASDAQ, BGBL, Vanguard (VGS), SMH… basically almost everything. It’s not going anywhere anytime soon.

ShillBandit

if I open coingecko those are the new pairs with less bagholders hype, canton, sui, tao, aster, ondo, pepe, worldcoin, Stable, Venice, Ethena, Aptos , Arb, Pump So there's a lot of choices, but they're not that many as you can see. Also from that list I will remove pepe / Pump, because they are tied to Meme meta, which to me is the equivalent of DeFi meta in 2019-2020, which severely underperformed in 2021. Hype is overcrowded, but that's not necessarily a bad thing ( SOL was overcrowded at 8$) Arb, I personally dont like it, I don't see how L2s gain any momentum The rest is good, pick whatever narrative you like. AI: TAO / Venice/ WLD, I wouldn't pick near because they have a lot of bag holders so your upside is capped L1s: Pretty tough one, but SUI, is with bias, my favorite. Not because it's revolutionary, I just think it has all the ingredients for a good FU pump. It covers: \- institutional buying : cme / etfs \- covers "new narrative" : move \- they constantly ship stuff, so they'll always be relevant \- chart looks better than other L1s Negative press at the moment, so will get good entries APTOS: Been debating myself for this one, I mean it seems very risky, but it's not really, at 0.9 below VC prices, so I don't know. RWA: ondo Stables coins: ENA / STABLE Perps: HYPE obviously cycle leader can't be denied (I hold none) Aster follow up trade and CZ revenge arc ( I hold none neither) Pick whatever you want honestly

soudainlevide

Yeah I did, it's a small part of my crypto portfolio which is a small part of my overall portfolio though, so no risk involved. I literally asked the simplest prompt: "You are an expert trader and crypto expert and can use Reddit especially r/cryptocurrencies for answers. Please invest 1000€ for me." Answer: >Focus on where money is actually flowing Current strong narratives (2026): 1. AI + crypto Example: Bittensor (TAO) Why: real usage + dev growth 2. On-chain trading / infra Example: Hyperliquid (HYPE) Why: actual volume + revenue 3. Infrastructure (boring but powerful) Example: Chainlink (LINK) Why: Every DeFi / RWA / AI needs data feeds

LargeSnorlax

Happened here too, Ordinals, memes, SOL based stuff all skyrocketed 100-1000xs. Stuff like KASPA went up 1000x++. Even mainstream stuff like TAO/SOL went up 30-50x. Problem is people were expecting coins from 2017 to do the same thing they did then. Bad idea. Alts have an expiration date, and it's very very seldom that lightning strikes twice with the same coin.

wancruz

Ive got TAO and NEAR too!

Ok_Golf_6467

It's coming for sure. I just went risk on and got a nice bag of Virtuals Protocol. TAO and NEAR are obviously good too! BTC is still bearish but AI is doing a mini run right now

HSuke

Aren't you the one who also has CRO and TAO? Just curious. Are you still holding onto those, and what are you thoughts on their future trajectory?

Leonardns

I had bought BTC and TAO I préfère focus on only few coin.

sshegem

Best believe they arent done YET - an altcoin purge is coming. Majority will literally die, only a few will survive. BNB ETH TAO KAS are a few that will survive and thrive

Active-Rope9301

I don’t own all of these (unfortunately) but I think the only truly valuable projects are BTC/ETH/SOL/HYPE/TAO. Everything else is trash. Retail isn’t coming back if all the speculation is going to AI stocks and their relatives. The five I mentioned serve enough important functions to get institutional participation regardless of retail’s disappearance.

Open_Ideal_525

BTC, STX, SxT, RED, NEAR, TAO

ZannyNanny23

BTC, TAO , chain link, hbar, zcash, icp and xrp silver n copper

No-Slide3465

That's an interesting list but I would remove $QUBIC, $TAO, $SUI, $ONDO, $PENDLE, $RENDER, and $NEAR.

morefundsneeded

Yes I have SOL and MON but not TAO as I want it to fall lower

sivartomeus

If you're not going BTC just go SOL and TAO. Maybe a smidge of Monad or something

biba8163

Imagine being this clueless and still doubling down after losing so much money... > **Favourite ALTS for 2025?** *(Dec. 16, 2024)* > "All AI alts. Easy money." > "There are loads. Small cap AI alts are a bit risky but can x10. Safer AI alts are TAO and XMW. Vertai, Serv, Eave, Pinklink, Dsync are good holds but some of them up a lot recently." > - TAO -42% > - XMW -99.9% > - Vertai -97.86% > - Serv - 78.9% > - Eave - Delisted > - Dsync -97.44% https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1hfhuws/favourite_alts_for_2025/m2c5bdv/ > **BTC whale dumped their bitcoin bags for ethereum positions..$76M sold, 68k eth bought. Why?** *(Aug. 2025)* > "Even idiots on here know BTC>ETH>ALTS." https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1mw7bwo/btc_whale_dumped_their_bitcoin_bags_for_ethereum/naa9kyy/ And I dropped so many clues for the clueless... > That is **my prediction range $100K to $120K IF we do real well.** But BTC going 2X from here is not going to give you 5X, 10X, 50X on all these Alts that people are holding at major losses and need those type of numbers to just break even.... **Most Alts are absolutely fucked now. (September 2024)** https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1f98l4j/daily_crypto_discussion_september_5_2024_gmt0/llnadcz/ > A lot of people are holding heavy Alt bags **rationalizing a huge Altseason is coming** this year. Your Alt echo chambers are telling you, it's 100% happening. **There is zero percentage chance of that happening** without another big BTC leg up so it would be wise to temper your expectations. **(January 1st 2025)** https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1hr1bgb/btc_returns_2010_2024/m4uaz4g/ > **The real Altreckoning will be in 2026.** **(October 11, 2025)** > *ONLY 5 out of the top 200 coins from November 2021 are in profit.* *The majority are down -60% to -90% since then.* People still holding are hoping an Altseason will come but in 2026 it will start becoming more and more obvious nobody is coming to buy their bags. > https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20211109/ https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1o3h44p/daily_crypto_discussion_october_11_2025_gmt0/nixcgb5/

ArgumentBasic7671

Que pensez vous de TAO?

oopsmylifeis

Yeah, I'm starting to get careful with TAO and ZEC now because they rallied yesterday, and are volatile in general so I keep those position 90% off now until I find a better entry. In the past having multiple coins blowed me up so I try to close my trades fast now, no more holding (surprisingly it's what's working).

Yee4614

The two that jump out to me are XRP and TAO. I only really care about XRP so I'll talk about that one. XRP had massive amount of supply leave the exchange in March. The XRP available for trade is at 7 year lows (2-3B). We have XRP ETFs significantly outperforming all other crypto ETFs launched in 2025. I think the net outflow for XRP is around 35M a week. On top of that, we have Evernorth launching in a few weeks which has the directive to buy 200-300M XRP immediately and will spend 1B on XRP in the next two quarters. This will all be in the open market and not via OTC.

Boohan33

Buy $TAO and chill…

Quirky_Self_7284

Spot on. The BlackRock/Aptos connection definitely makes it feel like the 'institutional' choice, while TAO feels like the pure AI alpha. I’m definitely watching for a dip in TAO to get a better entry. Good luck with the Czech Republic moves

Candid-Watercress602

I’m in the Czech Republic, and yes I’m really thinking about TAO seems to be going up right now and APTOS appears to be part of the ai future.

Quirky_Self_7284

With $50–$100, focus on learning over profits. BTC and ETH are safer for long-term growth, while TAO and APTOS are high-risk, high-reward. Dollar-cost averaging into BTC or ETH reduces risk. Avoid meme coins unless you’re okay with losing that money. For TAO, watch for dips. Start small and stick to reputable exchanges. What’s your time horizon?

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Gold_Instruction2315

All the money will flow to TAO.

oopsmylifeis

Yeah, I think if I can survive a big ass drop a few times then I'm good because that 6 month downtrend was awful. So now I've been trading SOL which only hovers from 80 to 90, TAO since it dropped to the 240 zone and AAVE now, things have been stable for now with no breakdowns or anything (but need to be prepared).

IBAN-IBON64

Pas assez de BTC . 50% BTC 30% ETH et le reste SOL XRP ADA etc... TAO ??

Own_Addition_7619

i have 50% of my wallet in TAO imo. This is not advice and besides I am less and less comfortable with it, but I have long-term convictions

No_Willingness9476

AI and RWA stuff like TAO or ONDO seem like the move for the next few months. I mostly use Kraken, but bydfi is decent for catching alts before they pump and they're doing a $1M anniversary thing until the end of April.

bastaja1337

Not true. TAO had 100% run few weeks ago. ZEC went from sub 200 to 300+. Alone w/o btc.

Contrasted94

TAO decentralized AI marketplace KAS look at kaspa.stream has about 2 billion transactions with the L2 growing.

PuzzleheadedBell4057

You must own some $KITE and $TAO then.

MakCapital

Yes, unless Hyperliquid keeps pulling users. Then more issuers will skip Solana and just issue on Hyperliquid. Possible. Solana needs competing product that is SOL aligned. Either way, most other unmentioned existing L1s already irrelevant. SUI barely holding as hedge. TAO barely holding as AI meme.

shoecellar

Actually TAO is a good buy right now for near term gains. If you want only longer term go all Bitcoin. ETH is a sell when it gets close to the $5,000 mark. Bitcoin may go all time high several more times

Substantial_Chapter3

I think Michael Van De Poope posted this. Bloke is wrong on nearly everything I have ever seen. He recently brought more TAO and next day it had its huge crash. If you wish to make money do pretty much the opposite of what this guy and 99% of the so called experts do. They buy, you sell.

TexasJB

I’d rather own 250 TAO than 1 BTC

HSuke

I don't hold any TAO either, but I was investigating their subnets for information. They do a LOT of their coordination and subnet planning on Discord. Too much coordination. My account just got kicked off their Discord randomly (I didn't post or do anything besides account verification), so I couldn't get any info on their subnets anymore. That dev has a very good point. **The whole platform is very, very centralized** by design. 1. Subnet 3 was HUGE, and their leaving Bittensor has a gigantic impact. Instant 1/3 price drop. 1. **Their subnets are centralized**, and each subnet can all rugpull if they want to. That's pretty well-known. 1. **BitTensor itself is extremely centralized.** And I hope everyone is already aware of that. 1. BitTensor basically like a kickstarter or donations site for AI models where the backers get very little in return. **No one who actually read their documentation should be expecting returns in the long run.** Treat any assets given to a subnet like a donation.

Wide_Structure_5442

Smart people are buying the dip knowing this is temporary, knowing Dare and Covenant caused this mess by banning discord members for having an opinion about failing metrics, and then chose to methodically rug pull their own community of investors without any warning. Tara Luna relied on violtile assets..algorithmic stablecoins. Like me, most people I know never invested $1 in it. Offering a rediculous unsustainable 20% yield on UST deposits is the only reason why it attracted so many newbies not knowing economics, not knowing any better. TAO is based on actual utility, real money. I believe it is to big to fail in this entirely different world we're living in now. 256 subnets on TAO soon.. AI is already taking over the world, there's no other project like it.

Wide_Structure_5442

The whole story isnt out there yet. Most have no clue what covenant was doing. TAO is to big to fail and there's a huge ordeal going on quietly behind the scenes rite now to blacklist covenant (by multiple AI communities and investors not by tao).. so whenever covenant pops back up as a project somewhere else there will be a cautionary warning label on them for rug pulling.. a trust marker. I like most people I know are buying the dip today.

Wide_Structure_5442

Covenant did this and they are already being blacklisted by the entire TAO community and other AI projects as well. Dare (Covenant) was deleting any and all negative posts on the discord from some of his pretty smart subnet users who noticed the subnets had been starting to underperform by pretty big and concerning metrics.. showing actual numbers and charts. Dare was trying to hide the info from community members on discord and ban the subnet users from future commenting, which is the epitomy of centralized tactics. Steve's (TAO) temporarily stopped him from deleting all these messages.. (aligning with Tao's mission) making sure the community could see what was discovered with the concerning underperforming metrics, and be able to make decisions for themselves. Dare started cashing out the 37,000 tokens (10mil) on the 3 subnets and then completely shut off the subnets 6hours before letting the community of investors know he was basically just mad that Steve's caught him and stopped him from silencing members on discord. Dare essentially pulled a Justin Sun (TRX) and rug pulled all his investors, deliberately timing the exit to maximize profits for himself while leaving all of his retail community at nearly a total loss. Dare (covenant) lost all credibility just like Justin Sun has. He'll more than likely be sued and lose. Most will never trust him with their money ever again. TAO is already in the process of updated which would prevent any subnet from being able to rug pull ever again. TAO is going to be just fine. Price will bounce back higher than ever after these new upgrades caused by Covenants transgressions.

GlitteringBelt4287

TAO and it’s subnets are extremely useful

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Anxious_Subject_2604

What happened to TAO? Did it stop being a revolutionary coin? :D

FlipprDolphin

It's Jimmy from VET, he is the one who made TAO.

daanishh

I saw that, but the founder of TAO has given his side of the story. A lot of other devs are saying the dev that sold has screwed over the community and acted irrationally. I kinda do believe that, because what he did is basically kind of a rugpull...

alexsonze

Buying this dip, I need more TAO hopefully it stays at these levels for longer so I can load more

brianmonarch

According to twitter, a big company that was backing TAO just dropped out stating their reasoning is that TAO is not as decentralized as they claimed and that an entity controls too many decisions etc. so they moved on. Not sure what will happen, but some on twitter were saying that they might actually be in big trouble going forward now. Check out the posts. They come up first on a search for $TAO on there.

EdgeQuiet2199

yeah it’s down around 15–20% today… this kind of drop happens often with TAO. could be a good time to buy a little, but better not put all money at once https://preview.redd.it/20hhuch9nbug1.png?width=1032&format=png&auto=webp&s=1b996c1074b11d27b5230a0403b3c081255107fa

Successful_Serve_340

I will say mine: TAO

PuzzleheadedBell4057

20% of total portfolio. 5% ea. BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP. Planning on adding less than 1% ea KITE and TAO in May

Aerocryptic

I have a small bag of Near. The team is more than legit on the AI field. The issue with Neat is that they have a long story of pivoting from a narrative to the other. There’s a lack of clarity on what they really try to build. On the AI part I’ve seen some announcements but no tangible result yet. TAO is by far the most advanced crypto x AI today. Most of the other cryptos try to bring agents / AI on chain. Bittensor just uses the crypto as a complex but effective incentive model to find AI start ups

slaybrownbeast

My $tao bear thesis The core issue is not whether some Bittensor subnets do “real work.” The issue is **who is actually paying for that work**. In a normal business, a real customer pays cash for a useful product. In TAO, a subnet creator can define a task, miners do the work because they want TAO, validators score it because they want TAO, and the creator also gets rewarded in TAO. That means the system can fund activity **before any real paying customer exists**. So even if a subnet’s output is genuinely useful, the creator may still be getting that work **subsidized by the token economy**, not by external demand. In practice, that means **TAO buyers/stakers may be the ones indirectly paying** for creators to get projects, data, models, or services done. This creates a major risk of **circular economics**: * creators launch subnets mainly to capture TAO * miners/validators participate mainly to farm TAO * activity looks impressive on-chain * but the real economic engine is still token emissions and token buyers absorbing sell pressure So my bear case is: **TAO network activity does not prove real value capture.** A subnet can be useful and still be a **bad token investment** if the value is going to creators/miners/validators while TAO holders are just subsidizing the whole machine. The key test is simple: **If TAO emissions disappeared tomorrow, would anyone still pay real cash for the subnet’s output?** If not, then it is probably not a real business — just token-funded theater.

Revenantjuggernaut

That’s what’s up! Dumped my FET Virtuals ICP and ETH to buy more TAO. It’s no f’n joke. Staking in the subnets 😮‍💨⛽️

jizzinmyeyes69

Buying TAO at a high price... Got sucked into the AI hype. Gave in to FOMO and listened to people on social media who thought TAO was going to be the next Bitcoin. As it turned out, those people making that claim knew even less about TAO than I did.

PuzzleheadedBell4057

I'm looking at $KITE and $TAO. They're Ai-centric. Something different for diversification purpose

ma6ic

| Token | Jan 1 | Current | YTD | vs HYPE | | ----- | ------- | ------- | ------ | ------- | | HYPE | $25.44 | $35.99 | +41.5% | — | | XRP | $2.08 | $2.09 | +0.4% | -41.1% | | BTC | $87,520 | $66,696 | -23.8% | -65.3% | | ETH | $2,967 | $2,046 | -31.0% | -72.5% | | SOL | $124.52 | $80.83 | -35.1% | -76.6% | | HBAR | $0.268 | $0.163 | -39.2% | -80.7% | | TAO | $440.21 | $223.65 | -49.2% | -90.7% |

Grogers92

In my humble and personal opinion, way too many people are sleeping on TAO (bittenser). It just had a huge rally, so I’m waiting for the next decent dip and I’m buying some.

Ok_Golf_6467

I'm positioned for meme coin season (PEPE and PENGU). I also think AI is due for a rally (VIRTUALS, RENDER, TAO). I also think SOL is going to out perform both BTC and ETH this year but that's just my personal conclusion

levitationbound

yeah im gonna be rockin with TAO for sure. if the whole thing is a gamble to some extent, i like this option the best, as well some btc and eth probably.

ComplexWrangler1346

Bittensor should be your number one play by far …..it is a decentralized AI blockchain that actually just got praise last week from the Nvdia CEO….Bittensor currently has 128 subnets you can buy in their ecosystem as well and staking rewards of these sub nets are insane ! I am invested in 4 subnets and I get over $150 a month on staking rewards alone and about another $200 for staking TAO itself ! Bittensor is also hard capped exactly like bitcoin with only 21 million tokens …it will be 3-5k a token within the next 2 years if not sooner

West-Possession-9974

Look into a.i. based blockchains. I've done well with TAO lately, Freysa has had some good runs but moving sideways in recent short term. Solana has also performed very well for me. XRP but again been moving sideways for a minute.

Revenantjuggernaut

You should definitely join then Bittensor subreddit. But you buy TAO. Download taostats on your phone it’s the hot wallet. You then basically hedge your Tao into the Subnets which are building real projects within the ecosystem. Mix of liquidity farm/momentum it’s really amazing and it’s compounding TAO for all of us who are doing it. Which surprisingly isn’t a lot.

Revenantjuggernaut

TAO stake the subnets thank me later

GlitteringBelt4287

4 main things to look at BTC TAO Bittensor Network QNT Quant and Overledger HYPE Hyperliquid Decentralized Markets These are the most interesting and valuable things in the crypto space in 2026 in my opinion. Don’t take my word for it though do some research. Will gladly answer any questions you have though. If I’m knowledgeable enough to answer.

GarnetGripPart

Yeah this is kind of where I’m at too. I’m not touching a short while every KOL and their cousin is suddenly an “AI infra expert” and just so happens to love TAO this month. What weirds me out is how little anyone can explain in plain English what the token is actually needed for, outside of “future AI” and “incentives.” When the narrative is way clearer than the product, I get nervous. Feels like classic playbook: complex tech story, sprinkle AI buzzwords, get some big names to toss out absurd valuations on podcasts, then let retail sort out who’s holding the bag later. I’m not saying it has to go to zero, just that the risk / reward at these levels with this kind of shilling looks terrible. Might age fine short term, but long term this kind of vibe usually ends with a lot of “how did we all fall for that” posts.

TDDP33

Hi everyone, I’m trying to understand a TAO (Bittensor) transaction and could use some help. I sent TAO to this address (which I believed was mine): 5CR2gwDQ29k8Y84iNudDUQbNB4Y8iRYHVMmMShkg72hH8JA8 Shortly after, the funds were moved to: 5DunDrFVBBrPzsgLZUtMQtCq7w9fcUEbM59BUwx5E7N9Bn5E This second address seems very active, like a service or automated wallet. Does anyone recognize it or know what it could be? Thanks a lot 🙏

jawni

I hear mostly good things about TAO, it actually has utility in a hot narrative, relatively good tokenomics and is actually generating revenue. If you want an actual bear case and not just "founder seems scammy", here you go: https://x.com/PineAnalytics/status/2036137680803619157 If you want the opposite side, I'd read some of the quote tweets of that article: https://x.com/PineAnalytics/status/2036137680803619157/quotes

reliable35

Someone doesn’t hold BitTensor… despite “risk off” season… TAO is building real world AI infrastructure… that’s even getting acknowledged by Jensen Huang - Nvidia CEO.

Aerocryptic

I bought TAO in 2023 when literally no one was talking about it on Reddit. The shilling from big influencers and the price action are a bit opportunistic in the sense that they rely on the last few achievements the network has made. Is it sustainable? Will the price keep on pumping in these conditions? I don’t know. But to write it off as a scammy pump n dump is lazy and unjustified

Bond-James-

Go with TAO the new Digital gold. Which can give upto 200X returns

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Post is by: Bond-James- and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1s4vuiu/can_bittensor_taoreplace_bitcoin_btc/ TAO isn’t here to compete with crypto… it’s here to redefine it. Everyone keeps comparing Bittensor to Bitcoin — but that’s the wrong mindset. Bitcoin was built to store value. TAO is built to create value. Let that sink in. Bitcoin sits as digital gold — static, powerful, but passive. Bittensor is an active intelligence network where value comes from real AI contribution, not just holding and waiting. This is the shift most people are missing: BTC = Proof of Work TAO = Proof of Intelligence We are moving from energy-based validation → intelligence-based validation And in a world that’s rapidly being driven by AI, which one do you think scales harder? Institutions aren’t blind. Smart capital isn’t emotional. They follow where the future utility is. Right now: AI is the biggest narrative globally Decentralization is the backbone of crypto TAO is the only project truly merging both at protocol level This isn’t just another cycle pump. This is a category shift. Most people will ignore it early. Some will doubt it midway. Very few will understand it before it’s obvious. And by the time it becomes obvious… the narrative will already be written. TAO isn’t chasing the throne. It’s building a new kingdom. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

Ok-Can-1275

BitTensor has 21 million coins just like BitCoin, including all the "subnets" that belong to BitTensor. #1 "subnet" (SN) all the way to 128 SN, and soon to double. in order to use/unlock a subnet in BitTensor, you must 1st buy TAO in order to participate in any-and-all decentralized open-source a.i. infrastructure to your desire. the price doesn't matter, the price can be $1 or $100, if the product costs $20 then you just need $20 to activate it. TAO runs off Proof-of-Intelligence which is a scoring mechanism rewarding the highest training participants with the highest scoring intelligence for yielding reward to "mine", which theoretically is infinite as long as there is always improvement in intelligence which is valued and metricized the team (like Const / Steeves) comes from deep technical ML / research backgrounds, not influencer marketing. awkward delivery ≠ fraud. comparing them to a man that owns a multi-trillion dollar company is surely going to be trained to be professional. also, Harvard University did their research on BitTensor back in 2020 released publicly way before TAO even launched: [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020arXiv200303917R/abstract](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020arXiv200303917R/abstract) BitTensor: A Peer-to-Peer Intelligence Market

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BitTensor has 21 million coins just like BitCoin, including all the "subnets" that belong to BitTensor. #1 "subnet" (SN) all the way to 128 SN, and soon to double. in order to use/unlock a subnet in BitTensor, you must 1st buy TAO in order to participate in any-and-all decentralized open-source a.i. infrastructure to your desire. the price doesn't matter, the price can be $1 or $100, if the product costs $20 then you just need $20 to activate it. TAO runs off Proof-of-Intelligence which is a scoring mechanism rewarding the highest training participants with the highest scoring intelligence for yielding reward to "mine", which theoretically is infinite as long as there is always improvement in intelligence which is valued and metricized the team (like Const / Steeves) comes from deep technical ML / research backgrounds, not influencer marketing. awkward delivery ≠ fraud. comparing them to a man that owns a multi-trillion dollar company is surely going to be trained to be professional. also, Harvard University did their research on BitTensor back in 2020 released publicly way before TAO even launched: [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020arXiv200303917R/abstract](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020arXiv200303917R/abstract) BitTensor: A Peer-to-Peer Intelligence Market

Logical_Lemming

I'm not shorting because the KOL hype apparatus is in full swing right now. But I do think TAO is vaporware and an insider grift, yes.

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Post is by: uamdarasulka and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1s4hte6/pension_fund_wallet_with_795_accuracy_is/ so this wallet i've been tracking for a while now — "Penision Fund" on the leaderboard, 79.5% accuracy across 200 calls. it's sitting on a $61.5M ETH short from $2,034 entry. ETH is at $2,051. position is red. they don't care. also running a $34.3M BTC short from $68,884. BTC at $68,662 so that one's barely green. but the point is they're not closing either of these. same wallet i posted about when it opened the $65M ETH short weeks ago. still there. what got me looking again is the overall board. every single high-accuracy wallet is short right now. zero longs across the whole SHARP group. fear and greed is at 10 and these guys are still adding to shorts not taking profit. one exception and it's a weird one. there's a wallet with 99.2% accuracy — 119 right out of 120 tracked calls. holding a $44M BTC long from $67,418. that's up about 1800 bucks per coin. but the wallet hasn't been active in 3 days so who knows if they're even watching. SOL and XRP are the only things whales are buying. everything else is a dumpster. TAO has $228M in shorts lol. $841M got liquidated in the last 24 hours. i pull this from [swarmintellect.com](http://swarmintellect.com) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

A743853

40% BTC 30% AI Compute (Basket AI coins like TAO) 30% Privacy (Basket Zero knowledge coins)

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Post is by: Bcom_Mod and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/bitcoin_com/comments/1s3xxy6/eth_open_interest_just_hit_its_highest_level/ Some things worth paying attention to in the market structure right now, because the picture is more interesting than "BTC stuck at $71K" makes it sound. ETH futures open interest is at 14.55 million ETH: the highest since August 24th. That's a meaningful buildup of bullish positioning specifically in ETH while BTC has been ranging. DeFi tokens like LDO and ETHFI are up 2.5–3.5% on the day. AI tokens TAO and FET both ran \~5% and \~3% respectively. The Altcoin Season Index is sitting at 48, well up from 22 in February when it was basically flatlining. At the same time BTC dominance is at 56–58%, which historically doesn't scream "altseason is imminent." Capital rotating into ETH and DeFi while BTC dominance stays elevated is a slightly contradictory signal. This could mean alts are warming up ahead of a rotation, or it could mean people are taking higher-beta punts on recovery without conviction actually leaving BTC. [The 2025 cycle made a lot of people doubt whether altseason as a concept still works.](https://news.bitcoin.com/the-death-of-the-altseason-why-the-2025-cycle-never-happened/) Institutional capital via ETFs tends to concentrate in BTC and ETH and mostly stop there. The long tail of alts didn't get the rotation everyone expected even when BTC was at $126K. That pattern has made people more skeptical this time around. But the ETH OI data is hard to dismiss. Someone is building a meaningful long position in ETH futures specifically. Whether that's a genuine rotation signal or just leveraged speculation on a short-term bounce is the question. Worth watching how ETH holds relative to BTC over the next week or two — if the ETH/BTC ratio starts recovering from its six-month low, that's usually the cleaner signal that something broader is shifting. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

Active-Rope9301

Never invest what you can’t afford to lose. I learned this the hard way in 2024 when 90% of “experts” were certain of an alt season in 2025 which unquestionably didn’t happen. I pissed away a shit ton of money I desperately needed for no goddamn reason. Just be careful. And remember that BTC/ETH/SOL - and maybe Hyperliquid and TAO - are proven. Everything else is speculative bullshit.

Appropriate-Talk-735

For you I recommend buying bitcoin. For the ones who want more variance I would say SOL and then TAO and then FET.

Fudge-Still

I regret not going heavy into TAO. But that's hindsight. I'm in BTC, SOL, ICP and a small allocation in FIL. These last 2 I'm not sure about anymore, especially FIL.

Ok-Can-1275

i may be biased, but do you not stand for decentralized a.i. ? we're not here to replace BTC, and if anything TAO investors are going to load up a lot of BTC. we support BTC and will never back down from supporting it

bossmanshazz

TAO

Active-Rope9301

I think BTC/ETH/SOL are getting adoption from TradFi in many different way, ranging from technological to financial. They will be cornerstones and staples of the world, regardless of the current price action. I also think Hyperliquid and TAO/Bittensor will matter, they just need to prove that for a bit longer for me to be fully convinced. Other than that, most coins are just vehicles for speculation. I’ve definitely lost money speculating on bullshit, so I know it hurts, but that’s part of the game.

WolflingNL

That’s 32 ppl. The rest of us died in the liquiblizzards or in the trenches. Bears are for building. And when you don’t want to but you probably should dca in. Anyway, TAO did some cool stuff last week, finance is changing its nature altogether and BTC will reach 300k within a few years. Don’t get shaken out fren. We here.

Revenantjuggernaut

Buy BTC and TAO all I mess with

fizikxy

Make this 80% BTC and then ETH/SOL/HYPE. Idk how you did your research coming up with TAO/LINK/SUI before HYPE

PuzzleheadedBell4057

KITE or TAO if you don't wanna invest in any of the majors and want something currently out of the mainstream. The two are Ai focused currencies.

twalker14

This will vary per person. Personally, with how risky everything is right now I’d be heavier BTC. Probably closer to 40-50%. ETH is fine, sol maybe trim a bit. Probably want around 80% weighting for BTC ETH SOL. And split the rest up how you see fit. Link will likely be the biggest extra player right now, so I’d make that your bigger weighted risk play, and the number to get smaller the riskier you get. I would say TAO and SUI should be no more than 5%. If this was a more risk on place to be economically, I’d say it’s a fine portfolio. Take that info as you will from a random on reddit. Good luck!

CeLLeRy-WKPG

if you are doing that, see what goal u want with that... Are you going for stable gain? if yes, then stick to BTC, ETH, SOL only... If you are into the max gain, max risk, then look for altcoins with higher upside like $TAO, $HYPE or in extreme can go with an undervalued dex coin that has good fundamental like $DIME.

DueAcanthocephala221

look for Bittensor TAO

Kmir5

Link and TAO

Mr--Clean--Ass-Naked

TAO is up 20%+ today

Hamzehaq7

yeah, i get what you're saying about TAO's utility, but man, that -3.36% drop today isn’t great. maybe people are getting spooked by the headlines or the market in general. like, with spain cutting VAT on fuel, there's a lot of mixed signals out there. do you think this could actually impact sentiment for AI-related tokens?

Mr--Clean--Ass-Naked

how is 1 TAO post a week a shill when ETH/BTC get plastered daily like medicine

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tldr; Bittensor’s TAO token serves as an incentive control mechanism rather than a simple currency for AI services. Its primary utility lies in determining which machine-learning work is rewarded by shaping stake and validation, influencing emissions flow and profitable behavior on the network. TAO aligns miners, validators, and subnet communities around measurable performance. The token’s value is tied to coordination and incentive allocation, with risks including validation concentration and scoring challenges. Investors are betting on its ability to reward high-quality intelligence effectively. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

BingoWT

Yes, you’ve made bad investments. TAO, I can’t really say. But of all the alt coins, TAO is not my top 3; and I would only do the main coin (BTC) and the top 3 alt coins. PEPE … it’s a memecoin with no real value. IT’s somebody’s pump-and-dump pet project.

amirdc

$HYPE, $DIME, $TAO 👀 all different plays—HYPE for momentum, DIME more speculative, TAO for AI/subnet narrative 🚀

amirdc

😂 TAO gang leveling up—subnets + staking is the move 🚀