# owner_cut_enabled (/docs/hyperparameters/owner-cut-enabled)

Controls whether the subnet owner receives their cut of the subnet's alpha
emission. Owners care because it is their revenue; stakers and miners care
because whatever the owner does not take is redistributed to them.

## How it works [#how-it-works]

The cut percentage itself is a **global, root-set** value (`SubnetOwnerCut`,
11796/65535 ≈ 18%). This flag only decides, per subnet, whether the deduction
happens at all. It defaults to **true**.

Every block, when the chain accrues the subnet's `alpha_out`, it multiplies it
by the cut percentage, subtracts that from the amount destined for
participants, and accumulates it in a pending bucket. At the next epoch the
pending cut is staked directly to the subnet owner's hotkey and coldkey, while
the remainder goes through Yuma Consensus to miners, validators, and stakers
(see [the per-tempo split](/docs/concepts/emissions#the-per-tempo-split)).

When the flag is off, no deduction happens: the full `alpha_out` flows to
participants and the owner receives nothing — the forgone cut is not stashed
or paid retroactively. Blocks are settled as they accrue, so flipping the flag
mid-tempo affects only the blocks after the change.

<HyperparamOwnerCut focus="owner_cut_enabled" />

## Reading and setting [#reading-and-setting]

```bash
btcli sudo get --netuid 12 --name owner_cut_enabled
btcli sudo set --netuid 12 --name owner_cut_enabled --value false
```

Settable by the subnet owner or root; booleans take `true` or `false`. Not
permitted on the root subnet.

## Related [#related]

* [`owner_cut_auto_lock_enabled`](/docs/hyperparameters/owner-cut-auto-lock-enabled)
  — lock the cut as it arrives
* [`transfers_enabled`](/docs/hyperparameters/transfers-enabled)
* [Emissions](/docs/concepts/emissions) — the full per-tempo split