# Stakeholder emissions: alpha

Stakeholders may stake on a validator in a subnet.

_Source: https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/how-emission-works/stakeholder-emissions-alpha_

_Last reviewed: 2026-09-15_

Stakeholders may stake on a validator in a subnet.

* Staking on a subnet converts tao into subnet [Alpha Tokens](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/tokenomics/alpha-tokens).  This will cause there to the [Slippage](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/staking/slippage)
* For every block, a percentage of emissions will be rewarded to each alpha stakeholder.

> [!NOTE]
> **Where we are — step 6b of the [emission flow](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/how-emission-works)**
>
> How we got here:
>
> 1. [TAO emission](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/how-emission-works/tao-emission) — TAO split across subnets.
> 2. [Alpha emission](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/how-emission-works/alpha-emission) — each subnet mints `alpha_in` + `alpha_out`.
> 3. [Split `alpha_out` among participants](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/how-emission-works/split-alpha-out) — owner / miners / validators.
> 4. [Parent / child hotkeys](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/how-emission-works/emission-parent-hotkeys) — aggregate each validator's dividends.
> 5. [Root vs alpha split](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/how-emission-works/stakeholder-emissions-root-vs-alpha) — divide dividends into root and alpha.
>
> **This page (step 6b):** distribute the **alpha** share to stakeholders.

## Emission in Alpha

![Flow diagram of a validator's alpha emission passing through a root:alpha split into local and root stake, each divided between validator and stakeholders](https://beta.taostats.io/images/docs/concepts/taostats-alpha-emission-split-flow-diagram.png)

Step 1: From the total dividends in alpha - deduct the validator's take, and award to their hotkey.

Step 2: With the remaining alpha, award every hotkey a weighted average (based on the amount of alpha stake)

## What's next

This is the final step of the emission flow — the alpha share has reached stakeholders as compounding subnet-alpha stake. To learn how to hold, add to, or unwind that position, see [Staking in dTao](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/staking/staking-in-dtao) and [Price Impact and Slippage](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/staking/slippage). See also the parallel path, [Stakeholder emissions: root](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/concepts/how-emission-works/stakeholder-emissions-root).