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Level 1How Bittensor works10 lessons
Subnets, the people in them, and the chain that pays them.
Level 2Your wallet9 lessons
The keys that own your TAO, and how to keep them safe.
Level 3Staking8 lessons
Backing a validator with your TAO, and what it earns.
Level 4Subnets5 lessons
Who runs a subnet, who joins it, and how ownership can change.
Level 5Emissions7 lessons
Where new tokens come from, and who receives them.
Level 6Subnet lifecycle4 lessons
How subnets start, how they end, and what it means for the people holding their alpha.
Level 7Root4 lessons
How staking on root earns, since Root Reborn.
Level 8How rewards are decided5 lessons
How validators' scores turn into payments.
Level 9Validators5 lessons
What validators do, how they qualify, and what to look at when choosing one to stake with.

Your address

Your address is how other people send you TAO. It is a long string of letters and numbers.

Native Bittensor addresses start with 5. This is the kind your wallet shows for holding and staking TAO. Bittensor also runs smart contracts, and accounts there have a second kind of address that starts with 0x, like Ethereum's. If an address starts with neither, it is not a Bittensor address.

Your address is public, and sharing it is safe. Anyone can see an address's balance and history on a block explorer, but an address alone cannot be used to move funds.

Think of it like an account number you can give out freely. Your seed phrase is the part you never give out.