The OpenTensor Foundation has announced Gamma Tokens, a native payment mechanism for Bittensor subnets that adopt the standard. According to ChainCatcher’s report, users and AI agents will be able to access those subnets and pay for services with the same Bittensor wallet, without registering a separate account or obtaining an API key for each subnet.
Gamma payment credits can be obtained in two ways:
- With TAO: The protocol buys and burns the relevant subnet’s Alpha tokens in the same transaction, generating Gamma credits.
- With that subnet’s Alpha tokens: A holder can burn them directly to generate Gamma credits.
For valuation purposes, the reported mechanism describes a route from payment demand to Alpha token burns. It does not establish how much demand subnets will attract, what fees they will generate, or how much value will accrue to TAO or Alpha holders. The report provides no figures from which to quantify those effects.
Original report: ChainCatcher, published November 11, 2026, at 15:43 (UTC+8).