Root Network
The Root Network no longer is in operation, so this doc is a kind of historical artifact. The Root Network was decommisioned with the Dynamic TAO upgrade in February 2025
The root network was a special kind of subnet. The root network has the netuid of 0.
Root network validators: The largest 64 subnet validators, in terms of their stake, from amongst all the subnet validators in all the active subnets in the Bittensor network, were, by default, the validators in the root network.
Root network miners: There were no network miners in the root network. Instead, the subnets take their place. The 64 root network validators set the weights for all these subnets.
Prior to Dynamic TAO, these root network weights for the subnets determined emissions for the subnets.