NewsOfficialXOct 2, 2026, 17:30 UTC

Private beta opens in October, with 100+ registrations ahead of launch.

Private beta opens in October, with 100+ registrations ahead of launch. Register for early access to the iota SDK and Liquid Compute: iota.macrocosmos.ai/sdk

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SN9 iota at a glance

SN9, iota (α token ι), is one of the independent markets on the Bittensor network, each with its own α token and its own price. Its α currently trades at 0.024245 τ (≈ $6.92), against 53,040 τ of pool liquidity. On-chain, the best-delegated validator on it yields about 37.04% APR (simple) and 44.83% APY (compounded), emissions add 0.003323 τ to the pool each block, epochs run every 360 blocks. It was registered at block #1,489,797.

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OfficialX · @MacrocosmosAI · 1h ago

The iota SDK makes fragmented, interruptible compute train like one centralised cluster.

OfficialX · @MacrocosmosAI · 6h ago

Read our CEO @WSquires' thoughts from @ExploitSummit, where we announced the release of the iota SDK this year.

PressTao Outsider · 9h ago

IOTA wants Bittensor builders to bring the workload, not manage the machines

OfficialX · @MacrocosmosAI · 1d ago

First, why it's possible at all. Most distributed training is data parallel, so every machine holds the whole model and size is capped by…

OfficialX · @MacrocosmosAI · 2d ago

So can you actually train on it? In experiments covering more than 250,000 GPU hours, iota's convergence is closing in on centralised…

OfficialX · @MacrocosmosAI · 2d ago

And it goes beyond pre-training.

OfficialX · @MacrocosmosAI · 2d ago

Three things make that possible.

OfficialX · @MacrocosmosAI · 2d ago

Training today starts with a reservation.

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