# Overview

taostats.io is a full-featured blockchain explorer and portfolio manager for Bittensor.

_Source: https://beta.taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/using-taostats_

_Last reviewed: 2026-09-15_

taostats.io is a full-featured blockchain explorer and portfolio manager for Bittensor. This section explains every feature of the product itself — how to buy TAO, manage an account, browse subnets, stake, validate, mine, and use Pro tools.

## Pick where to start

## Where to buy TAO

Exchanges, on-ramps, and how to acquire TAO before you can stake, validate, or transact.

[Where to buy →](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/where-to-buy)

## Accounts

Coldkey and hotkey basics, single-account view, sending and transferring, delegation, staking instructions, the staking and transfer apps, limit orders, and troubleshooting.

[Accounts →](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/accounts/accounts)

## Subnets

Browse subnets on taostats.io, use the single-subnet page, subnet pools, sentiment, deregistration ranking, and top-subnets-by-emission.

[Subnets →](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/subnets/subnets)

## Validators

The validator explorer — single-validator page, performance history, and validator-alpha-shares breakdown.

[Validators →](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/validators/validators)

## Miners

Miner discovery, per-subnet miner stats, and mining on taostats.

[Miners →](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/miners/taostats-for-miners)

## Chain, Events, Extrinsics

Block explorer, event stream, extrinsic search, transfers, and the underlying substrate chain data.

[Chain →](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/chain/blocks)

## Pro

Portfolio tracking, tax reports, alerts, the Pro API, MEV shield, and every feature that's part of taostats.io Pro.

[Pro →](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/taostats-pro/portfolio)

## Not sure what taostats is?

Read [What is Taostats](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/what-is-taostats) for a five-minute overview, or [Getting started with Bittensor](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/start-here/getting-started-with-bittensor) if you're new to the ecosystem.

## Looking for the API instead?

The [API reference](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/api-reference) covers all 156 endpoints across 32 groups. If you want to build against taostats data programmatically, that's your entry point.