OpenTensor Foundation Introduces Gamma Tokens for Bittensor Payments

OpenTensor Foundation has introduced Gamma Tokens, a payment mechanism that lets people and AI agents use one Bittensor wallet to pay for services offered by compatible subnets.

The design lets that wallet work across subnets that adopt the standard, without requiring a separate account or API key for each service. It creates a common way to pay for subnet access while tying credits to the token associated with each subnet.

Users can generate Gamma payment credits with TAO or the Alpha token for the subnet they want to access. When a user pays with TAO, the protocol buys and burns that subnet’s Alpha token in the same transaction, generating Gamma credits. A user who already holds the relevant Alpha token can burn it directly to generate credits.

The mechanism gives human users and AI agents the same wallet-based route to pay for services across Bittensor subnets that support Gamma.