Yuma Consensus is at the core of Bittensor.

E013 of Novelty Search showcases how Commit Reveal and Liquid Alpha work together to penalize weight copying validators.

Full episode here:
https://youtu.be/CUOwWvV6kSA

Big security upgrades and successful integration of Ledger support in dev-net.

Major efforts underway to claw back a substantial amount of TAO from exchanges post-attack.

This and more in our latest Community Q&A:
https://youtu.be/XkbKuIVZTCQ

Hello all,

Resuming normal operations of Bittensor

- In less than an hour, OTF will fully open the Bittensor mainnet. mainnet, as announced previously here: https://t.co/7Zu3lEpXo8
- When the mainnet opens today, all the extrinsics will become available on the mainnet.

Testnet

- No updates are being made to the testnet today.

Bittensor 7.3.0

- We are releasing Bittensor 7.3.0 today.
- Consensus-based weights ("liquid alpha"): With this 7.3.0 release, the Consensus-based weights feature is now available in the `master` branch. See the doc on this feature: https://t.co/7hVVr0dBJc
- Check coldkey swap: A new "btcli" command option, "check_coldkey_swap" is released. This command option will enable you to check the remaining time before your scheduled coldkey swap executes on-chain or see if your scheduled coldkey swap is in arbitration. See the documentation for Schedule Key Swap. https://t.co/fWFF5vyTmy
- Updated the PDF Amplifying the Weight-copying Penalty in Bittensor, a working paper: https://t.co/9aDlPodGIP.
- Updated the blog post: Consensus-based Weights https://t.co/7tj52eVjfT.

Thank you,
The Opentensor Team

SCAM ALERT REMINDER: Attention Bittensor Community

A quick reminder for all to stay vigilant against scammers. Anyone other than OTF claiming that they can recover your at-risk TAO funds, running a DAO vote, or anything else of this nature should be considered as a scammer.

Any party that makes claims or requests such as the below are scammers:
“We can recover your funds”
"We are KYC service providers for Bittensor"
"We are helping Bittensor with arbitration process"
“We can migrate your account”
“We are from support to help you”
“I am Const/Shib/etc. from OTF”
“Click on this link to get help”
“Click on this link to start the recovery process” or “Provide your mnemonic or seed phrase”

To make things perfectly clear: OTF will NEVER ask you for your wallet mnemonic or seed phrase. Also, OTF will NEVER ask you to provide any private information. We encourage you to report such attempts in the various community channels so others are aware and are alerted to these scamming attempts.

Please stay vigilant,

The Opentensor Team

The chain is open!

Watch back the Q&A for the schedule_coldkey_swap operation.

Normal operations resume Friday, Jul 12, at 5:00 PM EST.

Stay informed: https://youtu.be/5-FIV60PA28

Bittensor Community, Contributors, and TAO Holders,

Today, Tuesday, July 9, 5:00 PM US Eastern, the schedule_coldkey_swap extrinsic will become available.

The Opentensor Foundation will hold a Community Call on Discord Tuesday, July 9, 5:00 PM US Eastern. The call will take place on Discord.

More details here:

OTF held a Community Call demonstrating the schedule_key_swap tool and opening the chain (in safe mode).

Watch the full Q+A here: https://youtu.be/KHqpptFvn6k

Bittensor Developer Docs: https://docs.bittensor.com/schedule-key-swap

Dear Bittensor Community, Contributors, and TAO Holders

The Opentensor Foundation (OTF) has created a tool to transfer your at-risk TAO funds to a new secure wallet.

We are currently in the process of testing the tool and documenting it. Community Q&A Call on Discord OTF will hold a demo and a Q&A call on July 7, 2024 5:00 PM US Eastern Time.

The call will take place on Discord and will be recorded. During the call we will demonstrate how to use this tool to transfer your at-risk TAO funds to a new secure wallet.

Attention Bittensor Community

Bittensor Community, Contributors, and TAO Holders,

The OTF team is working diligently towards securing at-risk TAO funds before restoring the normal chain operations. In the meantime, anyone other than OTF claiming that they can recover your at-risk TAO funds should be considered a SCAMMER.

Any party that makes claims or requests such as the below are scammers:

“We can recover your funds”
“We can migrate your account”
“We are from support to help you”
“I am Const/Shib/anyone else from OTF”
“Click on this link to get help”
“Click on this link to start the recovery process” or “Provide your mnemonic or seed phrase”

To make things perfectly clear: We will never ask you for your mnemonic or seed phrase, or ask you to provide any private information. There are NO DAOs, Airdrops, votings, or anything else of this nature unless you see this specific account posting about it.

We encourage you to report such attempts in the various community channels so others are aware and alert to these scamming attempts.

Please stay vigilant,

We are committed to resuming normal operations of the Bittensor blockchain as swiftly as possible.

Our top priority is to ensure the safety and integrity of the system, ensuring that no additional wallets are compromised and no further funds are put at risk. We are continuing to work on developing a mechanism for securing at-risk funds.

For more details see today's update here

Bittensor Community Update

Yesterday at 7:41 PM UTC, we took the decision to place the Opentensor Chain Validators behind a firewall and entered safe-mode on Subtensor due to an attack that affected multiple participants in the Bittensor community.

We have put together a comprehensive post-mortem including remediation and next steps on Medium:

Subnet 30 deregistered: What happens next?

Expanding Bittensor: How can Subnet Validators get bandwidth to support 100s of Subnets?

All that and more in this week's Novelty Search:
https://youtu.be/oLqBT3KIF5M

@WOMBO

A new category of digital commodity has come to life.

Do not sit this one out.

Read more in our blog: https://blog.bittensor.com/supercommodities-for-decentralized-economies-c033464aefc1

@Ed_Crooks @DanielYergin @WoodMackenzie @jfarchy @JavierBlas @AndreaHotter

Compute is expensive, but one of Bittensor's subnets is making it cheap.

Subnet 12 "Compute Horde" is competing with the biggest compute providers using the Bittensor network.

Watch this weeks Novelty Search podcast here: https://youtu.be/kPgjEpGjwZ4

The Great Weight Copy Debate: Innovation, Setback or Solution for Bittensor?

Dive deep with @fish_datura, @const_reborn, @mogmachine, @namoray_dev & more.

Validators, miners, and subnet owners come together in this must-watch episode https://youtu.be/_KLpu379nhw

How did @MacrocosmosAI surpass a centralised government project?

Plus, hear about the groundbreaking decentralised protein folding project.

Learn more in the latest #noveltysearch podcast
https://youtu.be/fPHk7xvcePc

How did Macrocosmos surpass a centralised government project? Plus, hear about the groundbreaking decentralised protein folding project.

Learn more in the latest #noveltysearch podcast

https://youtu.be/fPHk7xvcePc

Stake and unstake, send and receive with the Opentensor iOS wallet app:

https://apps.apple.com/app/bittensor-wallet/id6476235156?l=en-GB

“Our subnet basically started out with the question; what if we could make AI universally accessible and tailored to each individual’s needs?” Learn about Subnet 23 with the creator Niche Net