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September marked the first full month following the AI3 token listings and Phase-2 activation, as Autonomys transitioned from launch execution to assessing the quantum challenge and positioning for long-term security. With the network’s core layers of consensus, execution, and liquidity now live, Autonomys has achieved a level of technical readiness many blockchains never attain. This milestone validates the stability and maturity of the network and sets the stage for the next strategic focus, preparing for a world where advances in AI accelerate quantum breakthroughs, and create a non-zero risk to classical cryptography. We remain committed to the long term, refining what we’ve built, and strengthening the foundation for durable security in an evolving computational landscape.

The Subspace Foundation continued strengthening the AI3 token ecosystem by advancing opportunities for liquidity and accessibility. Following the successful exchange listings, liquidity across centralized markets remained strong. The Hyperlane bridge has been deployed on Auto EVM, enabling users to wrap and bridge AI3 to Ethereum. This paved the way for the listing of a wrapped wAI3/USDT pair on Uniswap. The Guardians of Growth boosted-staking initiative continued to attract participation, reinforcing network security and broadening token distribution. ~28MM AI3 have been staked thus far, representing ~25% of available supply. Together, these efforts sustain long-term ecosystem health and further solidify the foundation for Autonomys’ growth.

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Engineering focused on network stability and infrastructure refinements, while Research advanced its post-quantum threat assessment. In addition to the Hyperlane bridge, we launched the new Chronos testnet, and deprecated its predecessor — Taurus. SAFE was also deployed on Auto EVM, expanding secure wallet options for multisig custody of digital assets. Concurrently, both teams continued the ongoing evaluation of NIST-approved standards and threat modeling intended to keep Autonomys aligned with emerging best practices in the post-quantum landscape.

The Ecosystem team continues to complete strategic integrations with projects that can leverage Auto Drive’s permanent, verifiable, on-chain data storage to strengthen transparency and integrity across decentralized networks. Simultaneously, Autonomys has begun mapping potential collaborations with projects and chains pursuing post-quantum resilience, prioritizing credible standards and long-term alignment.

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Onboarded Partner
Autonomys is pleased to announce its integration with Gaia, an open-source, decentralized AI network providing infrastructure, compute, and inference tooling for autonomous AI agents. Developers running Gaia nodes can now store full conversation histories on-chain through Auto Drive, while agents built with the Autonomys Auto Agents Framework can call Gaia’s LLM for inference, enabling autonomous applications that both reason with decentralized intelligence and retain verifiable memory.
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Marketing and community activities throughout September focused on maintaining engagement and supporting awareness around Phase-2 developments. The monthly Docs Contest continued to highlight technical contributors improving developer onboarding, while the Spark & Seed activation concluded with strong participation and retention among early farmers. The Node Atlas initiative encouraged exploration of the global farming map, showcasing network growth and distribution. With the availability of the new Chronos testnet, testing will begin for Game of Domains — Stage 1, necessary for the instantiation of permissionless operators. Together, these efforts sustain community engagement as Autonomys transitions its focus toward addressing the quantum threat, and preparing for the next era of blockchain security.

Autonomys has reached a pivotal moment, one defined by technical maturity and strategic clarity. Over the past year, we achieved every milestone we set out to accomplish: launching the consensus chain, enabling token transfers, deploying Domains, and bringing the network to life through our global community. Each success has strengthened our foundation and prepared us for what comes next as we advance toward quantum resilience.

Just as we built an AI-ready network before it became fashionable to do so, we are once again preparing early for a technology that will reshape the way we think about computing, and more broadly, cryptography as a whole. AI is accelerating quantum computing breakthroughs faster than most anticipated, and the cryptographic foundations protecting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and virtually every major blockchain face a non-zero risk of being compromised.

Autonomys spent the past 4 years building its novel and sophisticated consensus from scratch. That same engineering acumen now positions us to implement post-quantum cryptography while others are still assessing the problem. This is about preparation, not panic, and readiness today will dictate which networks survive in an uncertain future. This is the work that will separate networks built for the long term from those built for the moment. We’re positioning Autonomys not just to survive the quantum transition, but to lead through it.
— Todd Ruoff
[CEO, Autonomys]
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On October 20, 2025, a major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage disrupted internet access and operations for thousands of businesses worldwide.

The incident began early Monday morning and took most of the day to resolve, with Amazon confirming that all services had “returned to normal operations” by 3:01 p.m. PT.

The disruption, traced to Domain Name System (DNS) resolution issues in AWS’s US-EAST-1 (Northern Virginia) region, temporarily brought down many of the internet’s largest platforms and applications.

Analysts have estimated that the financial impact could reach into the billions. The event once again underscored a fundamental weakness in the digital economy: when a single provider governs so much of the internet’s infrastructure, a localized failure becomes a global incident.

The Fragility of Centralization

Centralized cloud infrastructure has long been considered reliable. Yet centralized cloud reliability is statistical, an uptime promise based on averages, whereas decentralized permanence is structural, ensured by design. Even the largest centralized providers can suffer configuration errors, routing failures, or cascading internal dependencies that compromise critical services.

When a single provider controls global data storage, routing, and replication, data sovereignty and verifiability depend on operational continuity rather than mathematical proof.

The AWS outage exposed how fragile that model is, showing how concentrated trust can amplify failure across systems.

As AI systems, IoT networks, and autonomous agents become deeply embedded in society, these risks scale exponentially. A failure in centralized infrastructure doesn’t just interrupt workflows; it halts the continuity of machine learning pipelines, sensor data aggregation, and autonomous decision-making.

Decentralized Permanence as the Antidote

Autonomys approaches the problem from first principles.
Built on a novel Proof-of-Archival-Storage (PoAS) consensus mechanism, the Autonomys Network ensures that every byte of data is cryptographically verifiable and permanently replicated across a global network of independent nodes known as farmers.

Rather than renting ephemeral storage from a single cloud provider, users and applications can store data directly on-chain, where it inherits the same permanence, security, and decentralization guarantees as the network itself.

Through Auto Drive — the user-friendly gateway to Autonomys’ Distributed Storage Network (DSN) — developers gain access to:

• True on-chain permanence with cryptographic proofs of data integrity
• Automatic redundancy through erasure-coded replication across geographically distributed farmers
• Dynamic, market-driven pricing based on pledged SSD capacity rather than centralized control

This architecture creates a data infrastructure designed not just to perform but to endure, resilient to outages, independent of intermediaries, and verifiable by anyone.

Permanence Beyond the Quantum Horizon

Operational resilience is only part of the story. The coming decade will bring the rise of quantum computing capable of breaking today’s encryption standards, eroding traditional guarantees of data security and making the permanence and verifiability of information more critical than ever.

As discussed in research conducted by Autonomys’ Research Team, led by Head of Research Chen Feng, and drawing on analysis from McKinsey Digital (2022), “Sectors need to ready themselves for post-quantum cryptography based on the longevity of data and the lifespan of systems. Data with extended shelf lives, such as corporate trade secrets, personal health records, or classified government documents, will remain valuable even after the advent of quantum computers. If such data, transferred over public networks today, remain relevant for a long time, they may face the threat of being intercepted and decrypted by future quantum computers. For instance, life insurance plans with extended terms or 30-year home mortgage loan agreements could potentially be susceptible to quantum-related risks as they will still be in effect when quantum computers become commercially accessible.”

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August 2025 marked a transformative milestone for the Autonomys Network, as the Subspace Foundation successfully launched the AI3 token on major centralized exchanges, including Kraken, KuCoin, MEXC, BitMart, and XT.com, driving our Go-To-Market strategy forward. This full activation of Phase-2, coupled with the launch of the Ecosystem Grants Program, has solidified Autonomys as the premier decentralized infrastructure for AI3.0.

The Auto EVM’s operational readiness empowers developers to deploy AI-native applications, while the Subspace Foundation’s initiatives in token liquidity, boosted staking rewards through the Guardians of Growth program, and market access ensure compliance and scalability. Dawn of Autonomy community campaigns like Spark & Seed and the Node Atlas Challenge have further galvanized our global network, fostering engagement and innovation. This report highlights these achievements and our roadmap for a decentralized, AI-driven future.

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As the steward of the Autonomys Network’s token ecosystem, the Subspace Foundation has spearheaded critical initiatives to enhance liquidity, accessibility, and decentralization, all while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Below are the key operational updates for August 2025:

• AI3 Token Listings: The Subspace Foundation successfully coordinated the listing of the AI3 token on leading centralized exchanges. With further plans to open and expand market access as demand for AI3 scales.
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• Guardians of Growth Boosted Staking Rewards Program: The Subspace Foundation launched this ~12-month initiative, allocating 5,000,000 AI3 tokens (0.5% of total supply) to incentivize decentralization across the network and reward early adopters with the newly released native staking program.
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These operations, led exclusively by the Subspace Foundation, ensure that token-related activities are conducted in compliance and with transparency, reinforcing network security and strengthening long-term participation in the Autonomys Network.

• Domains: Enabled domains on mainnet and launched Auto EVM. Resolved a staking issue flagged in our audit and fixed EIP-1559 tip handling on Auto EVM.
• Farming: Delivered significant performance and stability gains in farmer piece cache management.
• Staking: Launched a clean, intuitive staking portal in parallel with our first domain and token listings. Rolled out an operator rewards distributor to incentivize AI3 staking with domain operators.
• Auto Drive: Added S3 compatibility, refreshed the UI, introduced a public file explorer, and delivered notable performance improvements.
• Auto ID: Redesign underway to enable richer agent-to-agent interactions, leveraging insights from building the Autonomys Agents framework.
• Scalability Design: A detailed research paper is being prepared to provide a thorough overview of our novel scalability design.
• Post-Quantum Design: We are exploring an initial roadmap to safeguard Autonomys with post-quantum cryptography.

Exchange Listings: The Subspace Foundation secured AI3 token listings on the following centralized exchanges, enhancing global accessibility and liquidity for the Autonomys Network:

• Kraken: Listed AI3/USD on August 27, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, leveraging its institutional-grade security and 4M+ funded accounts.
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• KuCoin: Listed AI3/USDT in the Innovation Zone on August 27, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, with a call auction from 13:00 to 14:00 UTC and withdrawals from August 28, 2025, at 10:00 UTC.
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• MEXC: Listed AI3/USDT in the Mining Coin Zone on August 27, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, supporting 40M+ users across 170+ countries.
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• BitMart: Listed AI3/USDT on August 27, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, offering seamless integration for its user base.
  * BitMart is currently the only officially listed centralized exchange market that offers a trading pair for AI3 on EVM while all other exchanges support mainnet Consensus.
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• XT: Listed AI3/USDT on August 27, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, with pre-market trading support for early access.
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• Dawn of Autonomy Spark & Seed Campaign: This activation campaign, launched to celebrate AI3 token transfers, engaged thousands of community members, rewarding early contributors and welcoming new explorers. The Spark & Seed campaign was a one-month community activation where early Autonauts (Sparks) passed the flame by inviting newcomers, and fresh explorers (Seeds) to plant their first roots through quests and uploads, with both paths rewarding participants in AI3 tokens and exclusive commemorative NFTs.
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• Node Atlas Campaign: A four-week initiative uncovered creative insights from the Autonomys node map, highlighting global node distribution and rewarding participants with AI3 tokens.
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• Monthly Docs Contest: Recognized contributors for improving Autonomys’ documentation, enhancing developer onboarding and technical clarity.
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• Testnet Naming Contest: The community provided the inspiration for and voted on the name of the testnet to replace Taurus. Chronos, symbolizing time, was chosen to represent progress, evolution, and the forward momentum of Autonomys as we step into the AI3.0 era of infrastructure.
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• Domains Launch Party: Held a community call to celebrate the launch of our decoupled execution environments on mainnet, unlocking the full utility of the network.
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With AI3 listing complete and Auto EVM live, September 2025 signals a return to scaling the ecosystem and a focus on product:

• Developer Onboarding: Promote the Autonomys Developer Hub with SDKs and tutorials for mainnet Auto EVM and Auto Agents Framework integration.
• Additional Market Opportunities: In the spirit of decentralization, the Subspace Foundation will bootstrap on-chain liquidity through Uniswap, ensuring broader market access for AI3.
• Auto ID v2.0: Enhance the Auto ID protocol for decentralized identity, supporting secure interactions between humans and AI agents.
• Phase-3 Preparation: Begin research into data sharding and modular scalability for Mainnet Phase-3, slated for 2026.
• Community Events: Host virtual workshops to support developers building AI-native dApps, with details to be announced on X and the Autonomys Forum.
• Ecosystem Grants: Working through the wealth of applications received during the exchange listings phase, aimed at accelerating developer activity and ecosystem growth.

August 2025 marked the culmination of Autonomys Network’s go-to-market journey. As we started down this ambitious path, we envisioned four critical stages that were necessary for Autonomys to begin establishing itself as the foundation layer for AI3.0:

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✓ Mainnet Consensus Launch (November 2024)
Phase-1 marked mainnet launch of the PoAS consensus chain and the availability of the distributed storage network, with farmers bootstrapping the network and forming the bedrock. Autonomys became the first network to use the blockchain data itself as the fuel for consensus, while simultaneously storing all committed data, not just metadata, entirely on its mainnet.

✓ Token Transfer Enablement (July 2025)
At block 3,585,226, AI3 token transfers were activated, unlocking the economic layer and enabling the free flow of value across the Autonomys ecosystem.

✓ Domains Launch (August 2025)
Domains were launched and Auto EVM was deployed, allowing for both decoupled execution and truly decentralized storage in a single, vertically integrated stack..

✓ Exchange Trading (August 27, 2025)
Listings commenced to complete our initial go-to-market plan, providing global accessibility and liquidity for AI3, the utility token of the Autonomys Network.

Each milestone built upon the last, creating the comprehensive infrastructure envisioned by the whitepaper. From consensus to execution, from storage to compute, the network is now production-ready and capable of supporting the next generation of AI applications. While this marks the end of the initial launch sequence, our focus now shifts to ecosystem growth, developer onboarding, and creating products that will bolster long-term value in Autonomys.

A heartfelt thank you to our incredible community of farmers, developers, partners, and stakeholders. Without your support and belief in our vision, none of these milestones would have been possible. Now, the real work begins.

— Todd Ruoff
[CEO, Autonomys]
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The Subspace Foundation is excited to share the day-one listing partners for Autonomys Network’s native asset, $AI3: Kraken, KuCoin, MEXC, BitMart, and XT.

With the activation of native $AI3 token transfers initiating Mainnet Phase-2 and the release of Domains — a new class of decoupled execution environments starting with the Auto EVM Domain — Autonomys Network has officially stepped into a new era of growth, defined by expanded market access and stronger institutional alignment.

Built from first principles for permanence, verifiability, and scale, Autonomys provides the foundation for human-centric decentralized AI, with the goal of advancing quality of life through conscientious technology. As the next billion AI agents come online, Autonomys has taken an active stance to ensure this technology serves humanity broadly by lowering participation barriers. The network is live and ready for builders, with the Subspace Foundation Grants Program now accepting applications to support the long-term health and expansion of the network. $AI3 is the token that ensures all participants are recognized for their contributions and active role in Autonomys Network.

Where $AI3 is Listed

Kraken

Deposits: Open
Listing Date: August 27th, 2025
Listing Time (UTC): 14:00 UTC
Trading Pair: $AI3/USD

MEXC

Deposits: Open
Listing Date: August 27th, 2025
Listing Time (UTC): 14:00 UTC
Trading in Innovation Zone: $AI3/USDT
Withdrawal: Aug 28, 2025, 14:00 UTC
Convert: Aug 28, 2025, 15:00 UTC

KuCoin

Deposits: Open
Call Auction: From 13:00 to 14:00 on August 27, 2025 UTC
Trading: 14:00 on August 27, 2025 UTC
Withdrawals: 10:00 on August 28, 2025 UTC
Trading Pair: $AI3/USDT

BitMart

Deposit: Open
Trading: August 27th, 14:00 UTC
Withdrawal: August 28th 15:00 UTC
Trading Pair: $AI3/USDT
Register on BitMart: https://t.co/OvD9tAjZYV
Trading Zone: AI
Learn more about $AI3 on BitMart: https://bitmart.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/40424189031707--Primary-Listing-BitMart-Will-List-Autonomys-AI3-2025-08-27

XT

Deposits: Open
Listing Date: August 27th, 2025
Listing Time (UTC): 14:00 UTC
Trading Zone: Mining Coin Zone
Trading Pair: $AI3/USDT

What’s Happening Now at Autonomys

The listing of $AI3 on these leading exchanges marks a major milestone in Autonomys’ journey. With broader market access and institutional-grade platforms, Autonomys is accelerating the adoption of decentralized AI infrastructure and empowering builders worldwide. To strengthen security and decentralization from the very start, the Subspace Foundation has launched the Guardians of Growth Staking Bootstrap Program — an approximately 12-month, protocol-native phase with boosted staking rewards. We encourage community members to explore the program and take an active role in securing the future of the Autonomys Network. Stay tuned for additional campaign announcements and initiatives via our listing partners.

About Autonomys

The Autonomys Network — the foundation layer for AI3.0 — is a hyper-scalable decentralized AI (deAI) infrastructure stack encompassing high-throughput permanent distributed storage, data availability and access, and modular execution. Our deAI ecosystem provides all the essential components to build and deploy secure super dApps (AI-powered dApps) and on-chain agents, equipping them with advanced AI capabilities for dynamic and autonomous functionality.

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With the activation of native $AI3 token transfers initiating Mainnet Phase-2 and the release of Domains — a new class of decoupled execution environments starting with the Auto EVM Domain — Autonomys Network is entering a pivotal growth phase marked by greater global accessibility and institutional-grade liquidity. The Subspace Foundation is excited to announce that $AI3 will be initially listed on three prestigious exchanges — Kraken, KuCoin, and MEXC.

These listings signal the beginning of a truly global chapter for $AI3, opening doors for millions of users to participate, support network security, and help build the decentralized AI ecosystem.

Where $AI3 is Listed

Kraken

Founded in 2011, Kraken offers institutional-grade security, fiat support in seven currencies (USD, CAD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD), and over 780 trading pairs. Kraken processes over 40% of global stable-to-fiat trading volume among major centralized exchanges and serves over 4-million funded accounts, all while maintaining an unblemished security record. Kraken is recognized as one of the most trusted trading platforms worldwide.

Discover $AI3 on Kraken

Deposits: Open
Listing Date: August 27th, 2025
Listing Time: 14:00 (UTC)
Trading Pair: $AI3/USD

KuCoin

Founded in 2017, KuCoin is one of the pioneering and most globally recognized technology platforms supporting digital economies, built on a robust foundation of cutting-edge blockchain infrastructure, liquidity solutions, and an exceptional user experience. With a connected user base exceeding 41 million worldwide, KuCoin offers comprehensive digital asset solutions across wallets, trading, wealth management, payments, research, ventures, and AI-powered bots.

KuCoin has garnered accolades such as “Best Crypto Apps & Exchanges” by Forbes and has been recognized among the “Top 50 Global Unicorns” by Hurun in 2024. These recognitions reflect its commitment to user-centric principles and core values, which include integrity, accountability, collaboration, and a relentless pursuit of excellence.

Discover $AI3 on KuCoin

Deposits: Open
Call Auction: From 13:00 to 14:00 on August 27, 2025 (UTC)
Trading: 14:00 on August 27, 2025 (UTC)
Withdrawals: 10:00 on August 28, 2025 (UTC)
Trading Pair: $AI3/USDT

MEXC

Founded in 2018, MEXC is committed to being “Your Easiest Way to Crypto.” Serving over 40 million users across 170+ countries, MEXC is known for its broad selection of trending tokens, everyday airdrop opportunities, and low trading fees. Their user-friendly platform is designed to support both new traders and experienced investors, offering secure and efficient access to digital assets. MEXC prioritizes simplicity and innovation, making crypto trading more accessible and rewarding.

Discover $AI3 on MEXC

Deposits: Open
Listing Date: August 27th, 2025
Listing Time: 14:00 (UTC)
Trading in Innovation Zone: $AI3/USDT
Withdrawal: Aug 28, 2025, 14:00 (UTC)
Convert: Aug 28, 2025, 15:00 (UTC)

Looking Ahead

The listing of $AI3 on these leading exchanges marks another major milestone in Autonomys’ journey. With broader market access and institutional-grade platforms, Autonomys is accelerating the global adoption of decentralized AI infrastructure and empowering builders around the world. To further bootstrap the Autonomys ecosystem, the Subspace Foundation has announced the Guardians of Growth Staking Bootstrap Program — an approximately 12-month, protocol-native phase featuring boosted staking rewards to strengthen security and decentralization from day one. We invite all community members to explore and learn how you can play a role in securing the future of the Autonomys Network.

About Autonomys

The Autonomys Network — the foundation layer for AI3.0 — is a hyper-scalable decentralized AI (deAI) infrastructure stack encompassing high-throughput permanent distributed storage, data availability and access, and modular execution. Our deAI ecosystem provides all the essential components to build and deploy secure super dApps (AI-powered dApps) and on-chain agents, equipping them with advanced AI capabilities for dynamic and autonomous functionality.

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This post is published on behalf of the Subspace Foundation, which is introducing the Guardians of Growth Staking Bootstrap Program as part of its mission to secure and decentralize the Autonomys Network.

At the launch of mainnet domains, the Autonomys Network will have relatively low transaction volume. Because staking rewards are derived solely from transaction fees and tips, nominators (stakers) and operators will initially experience lower returns.

While long-term sustainability will come from organic activity on Auto-EVM and other domains, it is essential to ensure that network security and decentralization are strong from day one. To bridge this early stage, the Subspace Foundation is implementing a temporary, treasury-funded incentive program.

Why this program exists

• Secure the network at launch: Ensure operators are rewarded even before organic fees reach critical mass.
• Encourage early staking: Enable holders to learn how staking works and begin participating in governance and security.
• Provide a temporary bootstrap measure: A time-bound subsidy using ~0.5% of the Foundation’s treasury, not a permanent change to network economics.

How the program works

The program leverages the existing protocol logic for distributing transaction fees.

• On a regular cadence, the Foundation submits a trivial transaction (a remark) on the Auto-EVM domain.
• Each transaction includes a tip, distributed exactly as any other user-submitted fee would be.
• Operators who execute and include these transactions in a block receive their share of the tip.
• Nominators (stakers) of those operators automatically receive their proportional share.
• All staking remains fully non-custodial — nominators retain complete control of their tokens at all times.

If you’re new to staking, check out our step-by-step guide to staking in the Autonomys docs.

Until permissionless operators are launched (expected next year), any fees earned by the Foundation’s own operators from this program will be recycled periodically back into the incentive stream, ensuring the incentives go entirely to the community.

This mechanism is implemented using the Operator Reward Distributor, an open-source service built in Node.js/TypeScript that:

• Sends a transaction at a steady interval (e.g., every N minutes).
• Attaches a configurable tip amount.
• Tracks budgets and confirmations in a local database.
• Supports RPC failover to ensure reliability.

This approach makes the program transparent, reproducible, and fully fully protocol-aligned.

Key features of the program

• Protocol-native rewards: Rewards are earned exactly like any other network activity. Once a transaction with a tip is sent, the protocol automatically distributes it through the standard fee system. No one decides who gets what — it’s all handled on-chain.
• Open and verifiable: Operators play an important role in block production, but they do not control the network. All activity can be checked and challenged, ensuring security remains in the hands of the broader community.
• Predictable yet flexible: Rewards are designed to flow at a steady, linear pace over ~12 months, with an initial ramp-up in tip size at the start. The Foundation may adjust cadence if needed to reflect network conditions, but the goal is a clear and transparent schedule.
• Time-bound: This is a bootstrap program, not a structural change. It is intended to last for ~12 months, after which operator earnings should be sustained by organic usage.

FAQ

Q: When does the program start?

The ramp-up phase will begin shortly after this announcement, with the goal of aligning closely to the exchange listings.

Q: Where do the funds come from?

From the Subspace Foundation treasury. This program allocates 0.5% of token supply to bootstrap staking incentives. Specifically, the near-term treasury will be used to fund operational wallets. You can find details of the address along with other official wallets in the forum post about them.

Q: How much will I earn if I stake?

There are no yield guarantees. Rewards will depend on (1) the cadence and size of tips funded by the Foundation, and (2) how many other nominators are staking. As more nominators join, each individual’s share naturally decreases.

Q: Isn’t this centralization?

No. The Foundation submits transactions, but the protocol handles distribution automatically. Nominators and operators earn exactly as they would from any normal transaction fee.

Q: How long will this last?

The program is designed to run for ~12 months, with rewards deployed in a steady, linear fashion. The Foundation may make minor adjustments if conditions change, but the total allocation will not exceed 5,000,000 AI3.

Q: What happens once permissionless operators are live?

The program will continue to function as designed. Tips will flow to all active operators and their nominators, permissioned or permissionless. This will make staking incentives even broader and more decentralized.

Q: How will I know what’s been distributed?

All transactions are on-chain and can be audited directly. Anyone can track the flow of tips using block explorers. We’d also love to see a community-built dashboard that makes this even easier to follow — and we’re happy to support contributors who want to build one.

Q: What does this mean for developers?

Developers gain a more reliable base layer from day one. The program ensures operators are rewarded consistently, making the network more stable to build on. The steady flow of tip-based transactions also helps developers see how fees and incentives behave in practice, so they can design their apps against real network dynamics.

Why this matters

This initiative gives nominators a reason to start staking immediately, builds confidence with the staking process, and ensures operator nodes are rewarded while the broader ecosystem bootstraps.

The program is transparent, protocol-native, and temporary. Most importantly, it aligns incentives across the Foundation, operators, nominators, and developers to help the Autonomys Network grow into a secure, sustainable, and decentralized platform.

About Autonomys

The Autonomys Network — the foundation layer for AI3.0 — is a hyper-scalable decentralized AI (deAI) infrastructure stack encompassing high-throughput permanent distributed storage, data availability and access, and modular execution. Our deAI ecosystem provides all the essential components to build and deploy secure super dApps (AI-powered dApps) and on-chain agents, equipping them with advanced AI capabilities for dynamic and autonomous functionality.

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