Bittensor market information: price, market cap, and supply
Bittensor Price is $210.03. Its current circulating supply is 11.72M tao with a market cap of $2.46B.
$ 210.03
-4.15%
(Not Available)
$ 2.46B
$ 112.23M
11.72M TAO
What Is Bittensor (TAO)?
Bittensor is a decentralised network for machine intelligence. Instead of one company training and selling AI models, independent teams run "subnets" that compete to provide useful work such as model training, inference, data scraping or prediction, and the network rewards the best performers in TAO.
TAO has a hard cap of 21 million coins and a halving schedule modelled on Bitcoin. The network launched in 2021 with no presale or investor allocation, and it has become the best-known crypto project at the intersection of AI and blockchains.
How Bittensor Works
Each subnet has miners, who produce the work, and validators, who score it. Validators stake TAO and their scores decide how new TAO is split between miners. Since the 2025 "dynamic TAO" upgrade, every subnet also has its own alpha token, and stakers choose which subnets to back by staking into them.
The result is a market for AI services where the incentives decide which subnets grow. It's an ambitious experiment and still young, so expect volatility.
TAO at a Glance
| Detail | Bittensor |
| Launched | 2021, no presale |
| Max supply | 21 million TAO, with halvings |
| Block time | About 12 seconds |
| Address format | SS58, starts with 5 (48 characters) |
| Main use | Rewards, staking and subnet registration |
What Is TAO Used For?
- Rewarding miners and validators who contribute AI work to subnets.
- Staking to validators or subnets to earn a share of emissions.
- Registering new subnets.
- Trading as exposure to decentralised AI.
How to Exchange TAO on SecureShift
- Choose TAO as the coin you send or receive, and pick the other side of the swap.
- Paste the address where you want to receive. For TAO, use your coldkey address, which starts with 5.
- Send your deposit to the address shown on the order page.
- Receive your coins in your own wallet. No account, no ID, no exchange limit, and the 1% fee is already in the quote.
Where to Store TAO
The official Bittensor wallet extension, Talisman and Nova Wallet support TAO and staking. Advanced users manage keys with the btcli command-line tool. Keep your coldkey seed phrase offline.
Mistakes to Avoid With TAO
- Sending to a hotkey instead of your coldkey.
- Pasting a 0x address. That's wrapped TAO on Ethereum, not native TAO.
- Trying to swap staked TAO or subnet alpha without unstaking first.
Want to hold part of your portfolio somewhere private? You can swap TAO to Monero (XMR) the same way.
Key Moments in TAO History
Bittensor's network went live in 2021 with no presale. In February 2025 the "dynamic TAO" upgrade gave every subnet its own alpha token and let stakers pick which subnets to support, changing how emissions are shared.
TAO's first halving cut new issuance in half in late 2025, following the Bitcoin-style schedule built into the protocol.
TAO vs Render (RENDER)
| TAO | Render (RENDER) | |
| Focus | Decentralised AI work across many subnets | GPU rendering and compute |
| Own blockchain | Yes | No, runs on Solana |
| Supply | 21M cap with halvings | Fixed supply |
| Staking | Into validators and subnets | Node operators |
Is Now a Good Time to Swap TAO?
TAO tends to move with sentiment around AI, so big AI news can bring sharp moves either way. Nobody can time the market reliably, so many people swap in smaller chunks rather than all at once. A fixed-rate swap locks your quote for the order window if prices are moving fast. This isn't financial advice.
Popular TAO Swap Pairs
Jump straight to a pair to see its live rate, network notes and FAQs:
Swap Bittensor (TAO) for any asset from our extensive crypto selection by following these simple steps:
1. Select TAO as the "You Send" currency.
2. Choose the asset you’d like to receive in exchange for your TAO.
3. Enter the wallet address for the asset you wish to receive.
4. Send your deposit to a unique one-time address.
5. Receive your exchanged coins in approximately 5 minutes!
Top cryptocurrencies to exchange with Bittensor (TAO)
| # | TAO to | Pair | Available for exchange |
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Bittensor (TAO) FAQ
Rewards for AI work on Bittensor subnets, staking, and registering subnets.
21 million, with Bitcoin-style halvings.
An SS58 address that starts with 5 and is 48 characters long.
Yes. SecureShift needs no account or ID.
Yes, use the TAO to XMR pair.
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