The Big Picture
TAO weight affects how TAO values translate to influence in the network. Higher weight = more TAO influence in economics.
Use Cases
- Understand TAO economics
- Research weight dynamics
From Chain Metadata
============================ ==== Staking Variables ==== ============================ The Subtensor [`TotalIssuance`] represents the total issuance of tokens on the Bittensor network. It is comprised of three parts: The total amount of issued tokens, tracked in the TotalIssuance of the Balances pallet The total amount of tokens staked in the system, tracked in [`TotalStake`] The total amount of tokens locked up for subnet reg, tracked in [`TotalSubnetLocked`] attained by iterating over subnet lock. Eventually, Bittensor should migrate to using Holds afterwhich time we will not require this separate accounting. ITEM --> Global weight
Purpose & Usage
Purpose
Control TAO influence in economic calculations.
Common Query Patterns
- Single value query
Stored Value
Code Examples
import { createClient, Binary } from "polkadot-api";
import { getWsProvider } from "polkadot-api/ws";
import { sub } from "@polkadot-api/descriptors"; // generated by: npx papi add sub -w wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443
const client = createClient(getWsProvider("wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443"));
const api = client.getTypedApi(sub);
// Query TaoWeight storage (no keys - plain value)
const result = await api.query.SubtensorModule.TaoWeight.getValue();
console.log("TaoWeight:", result);Runtime Info
View Source- Pallet
- SubtensorModule
- Storage Kind
- Plain
- First Version
- v233
- Current Version
- v411