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Taostats governance
Raise proposals and vote with weight drawn from your on-chain holdings, off-chain and with no gas or fees.
Overview
Last reviewed 2026-09-14
Taostats Governance lets the Bittensor community raise proposals and vote with weight drawn from real on-chain holdings — with no gas, no fees, and nothing written on-chain. It is available at governance.taostats.io.
How it works
- Sign in. Sign in with Taostats and sign a one-time message to prove you own your coldkey. This is off-chain — no transaction, no gas, nothing moves.
- Pick an option. Open a proposal, choose your option, and cast your vote. One vote per coldkey.
- Weighted by holdings. Your weight is read from your on-chain balances. Subnet polls use your 30-day average alpha in that subnet; root polls use your 30-day average TAO-equivalent across all holdings.
- Frozen & fair. Your weight is locked in at your first vote. You can change your option (once per epoch), but the weight stays fixed. Averaging over 30 days stops last-minute stake-loading from buying votes.
The details
- One vote per coldkey. Multiple hotkeys under one coldkey still count as a single vote, weighted by the coldkey's aggregate holdings.
- Who can propose. Anyone holding at least 1 TAO-equivalent in a poll's scope can raise a proposal in it.
- Conviction weighting (optional). A proposal can count locked (convicted) alpha more heavily, or restrict eligibility to convicted alpha only. Every poll shows its exact rule under "How this poll is weighted."
- Transparent. Every vote, its weight, and the full audit log are public. Shared links never include your coldkey or hotkey.
Poll scopes
| Scope | Voting weight |
|---|---|
| Subnet poll | Your 30-day average alpha in that subnet |
| Root poll | Your 30-day average TAO-equivalent across all holdings |
Get started
Head to governance.taostats.io, sign in with Taostats, and cast your first vote — no wallet transaction required.