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Updated · CoinDesk · Jun 2
Bittensor Co-Founder Says Bitcoin Hash Rate Tops 100 Supercomputers by 600,000x, Bolstering Decentralized AI
Updated
Updated · CoinDesk · Jun 2

Bittensor Co-Founder Says Bitcoin Hash Rate Tops 100 Supercomputers by 600,000x, Bolstering Decentralized AI

1 articles · Updated · CoinDesk · Jun 2
  • At a Paris summit, Ala Shaabana said Bitcoin’s network hash rate exceeds the combined compute of the top 100 supercomputers by more than 600,000 times.
  • Shaabana argued that scale shows open, incentive-driven networks can coordinate global hardware more effectively than corporate data centers, making them a stronger base for AI.
  • Bittensor applies that Bitcoin-style reward model to AI through 128 subnets, where miners compete for TAO tokens by solving specialized tasks defined by each network.
  • He said the long-term case for decentralized AI now rests less on pure technology than on debt, liquidity and weakening trust in traditional sovereign and corporate systems.
As AI agents use crypto, how do we govern an autonomous economy that bypasses human financial systems?
Will decentralized AI create digital democracy or just new, anonymous monopolies based on token ownership?
Can incentive models produce trustworthy AI, or will they be gamed to create sophisticated, malicious systems?