Glossary

What each metric means, its exact formula, the API request behind it, and why it can differ from other explorers.

For AI agents: llms.txt

Free

TAO sitting in the wallet, not staked anywhere.

API request
GET https://api.taoswap.org/accounts/

Response fieldresults[].free

Global rank

Where the wallet sits in the network-wide wealth ranking, 1 being the largest.

Formulaposition by total_tao (free + root stake + alpha stake) descending, ties broken by address order. rank_alpha ranks on alpha stake alone.

It ranks every coldkey in the latest complete daily balance snapshot, so it is a ranking of the indexed set rather than of the whole chain, and it is anchored to the last fully computed snapshot so a partial sync cannot silently drop the top of the table. Alpha carries the same exit-value pricing as everywhere else, which can reorder large alpha-heavy wallets compared with a flat-price ranking.

API request
GET https://api.taoswap.org/accounts/

Response fieldresults[].rank (results[].rank_alpha for the alpha-only ranking)

Share (Free / Root / Alpha)

How a wallet splits its own holdings between free TAO, root stake and alpha: the three-segment bar in the Accounts table. It is the composition of that wallet, NOT its share of the network.

Formulafree % = free / total_tao × 100, root % = staked_tao / total_tao × 100, alpha % = staked_alpha_in_tao / total_tao × 100 (the three sum to 100)

Easy to misread: a wallet showing "80% Alpha" holds 80% of ITS OWN balance in alpha. For the wallet's standing across the network, read the rank instead.

Data source
GET https://api.taoswap.org/accounts/

Response fieldresults[].free, results[].staked_tao, results[].staked_alpha_in_tao

The three percentages come from the row itself.

Stake (root) / Stake (alpha)

TAO staked on root, and all alpha across subnets valued in TAO.

Formulastaked_tao (root stake, 1:1) / staked_alpha_in_tao (alpha through the pool, with slippage)

staked_tao is root stake only and excludes free TAO (the Total column adds it back). Alpha is valued at what it would actually fetch on exit, so it reads lower than flat-price or EMA-based figures.

API request
GET https://api.taoswap.org/accounts/

Response fieldresults[].staked_tao / results[].staked_alpha_in_tao

Total (account)

Everything the wallet is worth in TAO: free plus root stake plus alpha stake.

Formulafree + staked_tao + staked_alpha_in_tao
API request
GET https://api.taoswap.org/accounts/

Response fieldresults[].total_tao