Taoshi’s validator UZmo operates on Bittensor’s Subnet 8 (SN8), a proprietary trading network that uses decentralized AI to analyze financial data across asset classes, as detailed in the GitHub documentation.
The 100% emission return with 0% take means UZmo redistributes all rewards to stakers, a strategy to attract users, contrasting with typical validators that retain a fee, per Coinbase’s staking explanation.
Taoshi's validator (UZmo) is the top validator in staking returns on SN8, giving back 100% of it's received emissions with 0% take.
— Arrash (@0xarrash) March 28, 2025
You can stake to it on https://t.co/UW8rxnoCPu now as a known validator. pic.twitter.com/Ayul1PRO3O
Bittensor’s SN8 requires a Polygon API account for real-time market data, highlighting the need for external data feeds in decentralized trading systems, a common challenge in DeFi as noted in Taoshi’s setup guide.
This strategy reflects the trend of innovation in incentives in the DeFi space.Taoshi’s high returns and transparent policies through UZmo not only drove the growth of SN8. but also attracted more users to the Bittensor ecosystem. However, the reliance on external data sources such as the Polygon API also exposes a common challenge in DeFi systems, which is that reliance on centralized data interfaces can compromise the integrity of decentralization.The success of UZmo shows that the combination of decentralized AI and finance is creating new value for users, while at the same time posing a new technological requirement for the development of the industry.
