# set-root-claim-type (/docs/tx/set-root-claim-type)

Controls what happens to root dividends when they are claimed (see
`claim_root`): `Swap` converts all alpha emission to TAO (the chain
default), `Keep` keeps everything as subnet alpha, and `KeepSubnets`
keeps alpha on the listed `subnets` while swapping the rest. The setting
is per-coldkey and persists until changed again; it does not move anything
already claimed. Read it back with the `root_claim_type` read.

| Signer    | Pallet          | Wraps                                 |
| --------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| `coldkey` | SubtensorModule | `SubtensorModule.set_root_claim_type` |

## Parameters [#parameters]

| Parameter    | Type   | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------ | ------ | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `claim_type` | string | no       | How root alpha emission is claimed. One of: Swap, Keep, KeepSubnets. Swap converts all alpha emission to TAO, Keep keeps everything as alpha, KeepSubnets keeps alpha only on the subnets given via --subnets and swaps the rest. |
| `subnets`    | array  | no       | Netuids to keep alpha on; required for KeepSubnets, invalid otherwise.                                                                                                                                                            |

Address parameters (`--hotkey`, `--coldkey`, `--dest`, ...) accept a raw ss58
address, an address-book or proxy-book name, or a local wallet/hotkey name.

## CLI [#cli]

Preview with `--dry-run` (shows fee, effects, and policy result without
submitting), then submit:

```bash
btcli tx set-root-claim-type --dry-run
btcli tx set-root-claim-type -w my_coldkey
```

## Python [#python]

```python
import bittensor as sub
from bittensor.wallet import Wallet

wallet = Wallet(name="my_coldkey", hotkey="my_hotkey")
intent = sub.SetRootClaimType()

async with sub.Client("finney") as client:
    plan = await client.plan(intent, wallet)   # fee, effects, policy — no submission
    result = await client.execute(intent, wallet)
    if not result.success:
        print(result.error.code, result.error.remediation)
```

Or build it by op name, as an agent would:

```python
await client.execute_tool("set_root_claim_type", {...}, wallet)
```