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 { ApiPromise, WsProvider } from "@polkadot/api";
import { stringCamelCase } from "@polkadot/util";
const provider = new WsProvider("wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443");
const api = await ApiPromise.create({ provider });
// Query TaoWeight storage (no keys - plain value)
const result = await api.query
[stringCamelCase("SubtensorModule")]
[stringCamelCase("TaoWeight")]();
console.log("TaoWeight:", result.toHuman());Runtime Info
View Source- Pallet
- SubtensorModule
- Storage Kind
- Plain
- First Version
- v233
- Current Version
- v393