Split alpha_out (owner / miners / validators)

This page shows how a subnet's alpha_out is divided among participants, then points to the rest of the flow.

The alpha_out split (1 α/block)

Each subnet has its own split, stored on chain as SubnetEmissionWeights. New subnets start on the default:

• Subnet owners receive 18% of subnet emission.
• Miners receive 41% of emissions.
• Validators receive 41% of emissions — which is then further divided amongst their stakeholders (steps 4–6).

Per-subnet splits

The subnet owner can change the split once every 50,400 blocks (about 7 days), within these limits:

Root TAO stakers keep their baseline share of the subnet's emission whatever split the owner picks: the chain sets a per-subnet TAO weight (SubnetTaoWeight) to hold it level. A cut to the validator share comes out of alpha stakers' dividends. The validator floor is the lowest validator share at which that still works. Full rules and the formulas: eTao.

To read a subnet's current split, use the get_subnet_emission_weights runtime API, or btcli subnets emission show --netuid <netuid>.

What's next

Step 4 — Parent / child hotkeys: aggregate each validator's dividends across its parent and child hotkeys. Then:

• Step 5: Root vs alpha split — divide the validator's dividends into root and alpha proportions.
• Step 6: award stakeholder rewards — root and alpha.