IOTA Train at Home vs the IOTA cryptocurrency
IOTA Train at Home is a Macrocosmos / Bittensor subnet. The IOTA Foundation chain, Firefly, and IOTA Layer 1 wallets are a different product.
People searching for “IOTA” usually land on the IOTA Foundation Layer 1 cryptocurrency. IOTA Train at Home is a different product: a Macrocosmos training network in the Bittensor ecosystem. IOTA Watch only monitors the second one.
Comparison
- IOTA Train at Home: home computers contribute training work. Rewards are the subnet alpha token, often called IOTA or SN9. A machine is identified with a public Miner ID (SS58 hotkey).
- IOTA Layer 1: a separate ledger and token. Wallets such as Firefly hold that coin. They do not show Train at Home device status.
- IOTA Watch: a read-only dashboard for Train at Home Miner IDs. It is not a wallet and does not ask for a seed phrase.
Which to use
To see whether a device is contributing and what it earned today, use IOTA Watch and the official Train at Home app. To hold or send IOTA Layer 1 coins, use that network’s official wallet — not this site.
Next: find the Miner ID, what SN9 / IOTA means here, then how rewards are counted.