News·Opentensor YouTube·Jun 19, 2026, 16:46 UTC
Bittensor’s Root Reborn Debate :: Remove Root Sell Pressure, Validator Baskets & TAO Yield
About SN111 Claims
In this episode of Novelty Search, Const (X @const_reborn), Striker / AlgodTrading (X @AlgodTrading), Mogmachine ( X @mogmachine), and Mark Jeffrey (X @markjeffrey) debate Root Reborn - a proposed change to how root yield works in Bittensor. The discussion starts with the current root mechanism: subnet alpha earned through root is automatically sold into TAO and claimed back to stakers. Root Reborn proposes a different flow, where validators can direct root yield into subnet alpha baskets instead of forcing an automatic sell path. The debate covers the core tradeoffs: reducing root sell pressure, improving TAO yield, deferring claims, validator-curated baskets, risks of political allocation, historical concerns from the pre-dTAO era, TaoFlow attack vectors, whether root stakers should be passive or active, and whether validator competition can create better outcomes for stakers and subnets. This is a live debate on the economic design of Bittensor’s root network, the role of validators, and the future relationship between TAO, dTAO, subnet markets and root staking. ## Chapters 0:00 - Opening - Root Reborn, AI FUD and the debate setup 1:38 - Escrow misconceptions and how root yield works today 2:55 - What Root Reborn changes in the root staking flow 6:18 - Validator-curated baskets, trust and managed yield 10:00 - Opting out, claiming manually and validator competition 11:22 - TAO revenue, root sell pressure and the investment case for TAO 15:55 - Tax deferral, claim timing and accounting concerns 17:04 - Mark on the 1,000 TAO per day sell pressure problem 18:30 - Const’s technical breakdown of root stake, alpha and baskets 26:04 - Striker enters - tax, complexity and forced allocation concerns 28:04 - Pre-dTAO history, validator politics and subnet builder incentives 33:45 - T-bills analogy - should root stakers be forced into basket risk? 35:34 -Mogmachine joins - passive stakers, manual claiming and validator trust 38:55 - Striker argues TAO holders already provid
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SN111 Claims at a glance
SN111, Claims (α token Ё), 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 0.004888 τ (≈ $1.11), against 5,879 τ of pool liquidity. On-chain, the best-delegated validator on it yields about 67.3% APR, emissions add 0.000607 τ to the pool each block, epochs run every 360 blocks. It was registered at block #5,615,562.
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