τemplar (SN3)

Tokenomics & Utility

SN3’s alpha token

Bittensor introduced subnet alpha tokens through its Dynamic TAO system in February 2025. Each subnet has its own alpha token and a separate supply limit of 21 million units under Bittensor’s issuance rules. SN3’s alpha belongs to Subnet 3, while TAO serves the wider network. Holding an SN3 alpha position is an economic connection to that subnet; ownership alone does not train a model or submit research work. (bittensor.com)

The token’s incentive role comes from Bittensor’s reward process. Its protocol directs portions of newly issued subnet alpha toward miners, validators and their stakers, and the subnet owner. Miners earn according to the weights set for useful work under the subnet’s operating method. Validators evaluate that work, while stakers can support validators through subnet stake positions. The chain’s standard participant split assigns 41% to miners, 41% to validators and stakers, and 18% to the subnet owner, with further rules governing how the validator portion is shared. (bittensor.com)

TAO and subnet alpha also meet in Bittensor’s built-in pools. Adding TAO stake to a subnet converts TAO into an alpha stake position through its pool; removing that stake reverses the process. This links the token’s exchange and staking functions to Bittensor itself rather than to τemplar’s model-training code. As a result, the alpha token can remain part of Subnet 3’s economics even as the subnet changes its research method. (bittensor.com)