Subnet MetricsIssue 526 October 2026

The week on chain

This week's figures are below. The editorial pass did not run, so this issue is data only. Every number is computed from the panel and the chain as usual.

Panel depth
605
Subnets
128
Burned this week
0τ
Top-5 share
34.8%
Median root prop
0.154
Finding 01 · Verified burns

Verified alpha burns: none this week

No indexed AlphaBurned or AlphaRecycled event was found in the window.

Alpha burned per day, valued in τ
Indexed AlphaBurned and AlphaRecycled event outcomes, by UTC day, over the last 90 panel days. Each subnet's alpha is valued at the panel's latest price for that subnet, so the height is comparable across days at today's prices, not the price on the day.
Finding 02 · Concentration

Where subnet value sits

The five largest subnets hold 34.8% of subnet market cap and the ten largest 50.1%. Over the last 90 days the top-5 share moved +5.8% (from 29.0% on 2026-07-16) and the top-10 share +7.4%.

Top 5 shareTop 10 share
Share of total subnet market cap (root excluded) held by the five and ten largest subnets, one reading per panel day.
Finding 03 · Root

How much of validation still comes from root

The median subnet's root proportion is 0.154, -0.015 against 0.169 on 2026-07-16. Root proportion is the share of a subnet's stake weight that comes from root (netuid 0) rather than its own alpha; as it falls, the subnet's own token carries more of its validation.

Median root proportion
The median across all subnets of the root share of stake weight, one reading per panel day.
Finding 04 · Movers

Biggest movers

Market-cap change over the week, excluding subnets under 2,000τ where a large percentage move carries no information.

Subnet7dMarket cap (τ)
SN23+59.0%36,786τ
SN112+52.9%23,415τ
SN58+51.2%8,033τ
SN63+26.3%26,527τ
SN82+21.6%11,526τ
SN78-45.4%2,669τ
SN26-38.0%2,451τ
SN46-30.4%13,224τ
SN87-26.1%3,925τ
SN38-24.5%30,082τ

How these numbers are made

One snapshot per day, unbroken since dTAO opened, plus a direct chain read of owner wallets for the buyback figures. Nothing here is estimated, modelled or sourced from a disclosure. It is what the chain showed. Where a figure has a known limit, the limit is stated next to it rather than in a footnote.