Knowledge base

Bittensor TAO guides

Plain-English walkthroughs for Bittensor miners and users. How to cash out, how to sell TAO, how dTAO subnet pools work, how to transfer your coldkey balance to an EVM address, how validator staking rewards actually flow. Every article links back to the authoritative external source where relevant (Bittensor docs, the EVM explorer, wallet vendors) so you can verify each step independently.

Cash out

How to cash out Bittensor TAO to your bank

End-to-end: unstake โ†’ coldkey to EVM โ†’ swap to USDT โ†’ CEX โ†’ Wise โ†’ bank. Roughly 1.5% all-in.

Sell TAO

How to sell Bittensor TAO โ€” every route compared

Binance vs Kraken vs Coinbase vs a non-custodial aggregator. The real all-in cost of each, not just the advertised fee.

Fees

Cheapest way to convert TAO to fiat

Why the "0.1% fee" on every big CEX is a lie once you stack spread, withdrawal, and FX. Worked example on 100 TAO.

Transfer

Coldkey to EVM โ€” the #1 stuck step

How to move TAO from your Substrate coldkey (5...) to a Bittensor EVM address (0x...) using SubWallet. With screenshots of the gotchas.

Protocol

What is Bittensor dTAO?

Subnets, alpha tokens, AMM pools, root stake vs alpha stake โ€” the whole dTAO architecture in 10 minutes.

Staking

How to stake TAO into subnet pools

Picking a subnet, picking a validator, understanding emissions, unstaking rules. Non-custodial throughout.

Validators

Bittensor validator rewards explained

How delegations work, commissions, APR realism, and what makes a validator worth delegating to.