Bittensor still keeps core protocol upgrades under team leadership to preserve innovation speed in AI’s early stage, while token distribution, network ownership and ecosystem access are already decentralized, co-founder Const said. He said the network has operated for more than five years without a premine and now includes 128 subnet teams and more than 20 core validator teams. Planned changes previously outlined include restoring validator competition, opening two-way liquidity pool investment, introducing a conviction mechanism for Alpha token holder voting, and refining TaoFlow, derivatives and issuance allocation algorithms. Full decentralization is being targeted in about 18 months.