what's IOTA (SN9)?
IOTA, also known as Subnet 9 (SN9) on the Bittensor network, is a decentralized framework for incentivized orchestrated training of large language models. It enables a network of heterogeneous, permissionless, and unreliable devices to collaboratively pretrain LLMs ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of parameters using data- and pipeline-parallel algorithms. By coordinating previously isolated miners into a unified training unit, IOTA overcomes limitations like model size constraints and winner-takes-all rewards. Contributors are fairly incentivized based on their compute and data inputs, fostering scalable, transparent foundation model development without centralized infrastructure.
IOTA (SN9) market valuation is $22 million as of January 23, 2026.
Reached 500 active miners in less than 72 hours.
Has a market valuation of $22 million as of January 23, 2026.
Opened "Train at Home" program for Macbook users to train AI models without coding, enabling mining by operating nodes, receiving SN9 TAO as payment through partnership with MacrocosmosAI.