Root Reborn

Root rewards used to be sold for TAO automatically. At first they were sold every block, the moment they arrived. Later they were collected and sold in regular sweeps, unless a staker chose to keep them.

That had costs. Every subnet token faced a constant stream of selling that ignored price. Root stakers lost any chance to hold early subnets as they grew. And the selling happened on a schedule nobody chose.

An upgrade called Root Reborn ended the automatic selling in August 2026. Root rewards now build up in a basket run by each root validator, and you receive them as TAO only when you claim.

Your root stake itself did not change. It is still plain TAO on root, with no swap and no fee. Only the rewards are held in the basket until you claim.