Bittensor Pitches Itself as the Payment Layer for Open AI: 128 Subnets, No CEO
bittingthembits · x · 2026-11-16
The author argues that if intelligence becomes a utility like electricity, a network that pays for it with no gatekeeper is not a normal crypto — it is $TAO.
The case: AI will become the engine of the economy, and whoever controls it controls the economy. Both paths have a problem — closed means every business pays a permanent tax to a handful of companies; open means models are free but nobody has a built-in way to get paid for running them. Bittensor is framed as the payment layer for open AI, with 128 subnets, no CEO, no off switch and a 21M cap. The author says this is the network for when AI becomes the new electricity, and adds DYOR.
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