Cover image by: DreadBongo This video is a masterclass on what actually matters when building a Bittensor subnet. 1. A subnet is just a benchmark Const’s main point is simple: the entire subnet starts and ends with a benchmark. Before thinking about a product, website, revenue, or hype, you first need to define: If the…
Const, co-founder and CEO of the OpenTensor Foundation (OTF), has stepped down from his role, in a move widely seen as a deliberate push toward true decentralization in the Bittensor $TAO ecosystem. The announcement was shared during Bittensor’s Novelty Search session and quickly spread across X, with community members describing it as a historic transition,…
Eclair is Subnet 28 on the Bittensor, focused on image-to-video (I2V) generation and evaluation. It positions itself as an open AI video project, often described as “Bittensor for AI generation,” with the goal of creating markets for intelligence rather than monopolies. Who Built It Eclair was reportedly built by Const and Fish, and it leverages…
Bittensor co-founder Const has announced plans to stake an additional 20,000 TAO into Bittensor subnets over the coming month. In a post dated January 22, 2026, Const said he intends to deploy the capital “next month’ish” and expressed a clear interest in speaking directly with every team building on Bittensor. Key takeaways from the announcement:…
By: School of Crypto Bittensor is entering a fundamentally different era where emissions, price, miner incentives, and subnet sustainability are governed less by fixed schedules and more by real economic flow. In a recent X Spaces hosted by Mog and Jake, the duo unpacked what Taoflow and the new dTAO mechanics truly mean for subnet…
SUMMARY: This video follows Travis’s journey to full conviction in Bittensor, sparked by a community debate on the controversial practice of weight copying. He reflects on Fish’s defense of the idea, Jacob Steves’ openness to unpopular opinions, and how this shaped his trust in the network’s merit-based culture. The story ties into Fish’s creation of…
In a cryptic post on X, tech influencer CH Egan teased that a major Asian corporation with 300 million idle GPUs is exploring revenue opportunities through Bittensor ($TAO). The announcement, accompanied by a photo from a Seoul gallery, hints at a cultural and technological shift as Asia “wakes up” to the blockchain-based AI network. Bittensor,…
In an X post, Evert Scott announces the upcoming release of “The Incentive Layer”, a documentary about Bittensor, scheduled for October 2025. The upcoming documentary will explore how Bittensor’s blockchain incentives could decentralize intelligence, drawing parallels to Bitcoin’s success in decentralizing finance. It features prominent figures in the cryptocurrency and AI space, including Barry Silbert,…
In the bustling heart of Seoul, the global blockchain community will converge for Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) 2025, a premier event showcasing the latest innovations in Web3, cryptocurrency, and decentralized technologies. Among the notable attendees is Const, the co-founder of Bittensor. His presence at the event underscores the growing intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and…
In this video, Const discusses the Bittensor network’s mechanism for maintaining the sum of alpha prices above 1.00, which is crucial for the stability and incentivization of the network. This is achieved through the strategic emission of TAO tokens, which are distributed based on the performance of miners and validators within subnets, ensuring a consistent…
