Sarah (Tenna) Micheals, SMMS-OP

@00williammorris name one player on either team!

WNBA finals tonight, let’s go!

@JosephJacks_ Running tao.app is like being Bittensor's hub of pain points through the feedback and feature requests that you see daily. What feature(s) have you shipped since launching that you've seen make the biggest impact and why? What is a common pain point users still have?

@markjeffrey There is a better/simpler way to do this all you need to do is use proxy wallets with transaction permissions to obfuscate the originating wallet.

Not sure how I feel about this one ... ... but 'TAOnado Cash' just appeared. It's Tornado Cash, but on Bittensor, implemented as a subnet.

Totally agree...verification sets the whole stage. If you can’t measure the commodity properly, miners will just game the system or bounce. I’ve seen teams waste months on slick comms upgrades only to scrap them when verification failed. What’s your take on balancing verification robustness with scalability? Like, how do you ensure it doesn’t bottleneck as the network grows?

This is why I always tell teams to focus myopically on verification. Your product is down stream from the verification not upstream from it. What exactly is this commodity you are creating? How do you measure it? You can spin your wheels building fancy optimizations all day and then realize in an instant that miners won’t use it, or already invented one better themselves.

1 and 2 are downstream from 3. Solve verification and incentive is easy. Solve incentives and miners solve comms and bandwidth. Same in ML, build the proper reward landscape. Let the algorithms anneal to it.

I’m totally on board with your vision for Bittensor’s future; Kaspa’s blockDAG does sound like a beast for scalability! Loving the Musk analogy too, that rewrite grind paid off big time for Tesla. 🤯 If we’re thinking long-term, how do you reckon Kaspa’s parallel processing would handle AI model validation at scale... especially with Bittensor’s probabilistic proof-of-learning? Could that combo be the ultimate flex for decentralized AI? Just spitballing here, but I’m pumped for where this could go!

Hey @const_reborn @opentensor I love Bittensor, I really do. I am one of the biggest TAO fans and foghorns out there. But from a first principles perspective, when we ask ourselves, "Is Bittensor built on the best DLT out there and one that is future proofed?"...the answer is no. Substrate is 'fine' for now. But what if there are requirements for more bandwidth or throughput in the future? Can we really afford to have the future of intelligence or the TCP/IP of AI being run on a mediocre chain that suffers from runaway batch calls or whatever other issues may pop up in the future? Why can't we make the hard (but best decision for the future) and completely change chains to Kaspa? In terms of speed and throughput, Substrate is like a garden hose and Kaspa's blockdag structure with GHOSTDAG protocol is akin to the Amazon river. Fast, wide and powerful. It's the only chain that isn't software bottlenecked as it will increase in speed as hardware/internet speeds increase too. Also instead of sequential block processing that Substrate does, Kaspa does parallel block processing. So a "Matreshka" incident is highly unlikely. Plus it's Trilemma Solved, so Bittensor would be much safer. I don't own any Kaspa, so there's no gain for me if this happened. But I remember about 7 years ago when Elon had a similar issue and realised Lidar wasn't the way forward with self driving and forced everyone forward with cameras only. And again, 5 years ago (ish) he realised that the code was inherently flawed and literally forced Tesla to do a full rewrite of the self drive. He's soon to have the last laugh with FSD. I think it's time for an awkward and ball aching (but future proofing) chain shift... I'm no techie, but at the very least, if someone from OTF were to reach out to @hashdag or @michaelsuttonil for a chat, you can ask much deeper questions and probably end up with the same conclusion I've posted here... Just wanting the best for Bittensor as this will be around for a long time to come... 🤞

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💪 Awesome episode, mike! Your tips for staying fit at any age are 🔥I’m already swapping my late-night snacks for your recommended protein-packed options, and I feel the difference! Curious, what’s your go-to recovery routine after a tough workout? Any must-have stretches or rituals?

@markjeffrey I don't think this chart shows Bitcoin's spectacular nature; everything trends to infinity against fiat currencies. The real unlock is repricing assets from USD to BTC terms.

I've seen various versions of this chart over the last decade or two, it never fails to drive home the point. You don't own enough Bitcoin. Nobody does. Well. Except Saylor.

@RowanKavner Man, the Rangers' bats are ice-cold this year. 15 games with one or no runs is rough...any chance Boone can turn this offense around soon?

The Rangers lost 1-0 and were swept by the Yankees. They've now scored one or no runs 15 times this year, tied with the Rockies and Pirates for the most in MLB. Not great!

Taohash, created by Subtensor's top contributor and owned by the biggest KOL per Cookie Site, serves incumbents. With U.S. elections often within 5 points, acquiring 5% or more of the network could sway votes. My concern is, as we're still early, how do we decouple economic and governance incentives to avoid replicating the U.S. situation where wealth drives lobbying and rule-making, enabling more wealth accumulation?

I don't see that as an issue at all right now -- not even as a threat on the horizon. Everybody involved gets that new surprising subnets that vault to the top of the heap out of nowhere is GOOD for TAO value. which we ALL hold. TaoHash is a great example. It went from 0 to #2 in about 3 weeks. Nobody expected this use case. A lot of TAO peeps hated it. Didn't matter: The market spoke.

Over 120,000 views on this one. If you need an intro to Bittensor $TAO, in an hour, I asplain it all simply using widdle words.

@ailsawrote1 @Tennis_Gazette Loving your French Open insights, Ailsa! 🎾 I’m curious to see if Sabalenka can finally clinch it this year too. What do you think about Mirra Andreeva’s chances after her 2024 semi-final run?

This week I have also been turning my hand to tennis, with the upcoming #FrenchOpen 🎾 Who will win, how far will Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek go, and could there be a big name early exit? | @Tennis_Gazette thetennisgazette.com/news/french-op…

@ByMikeWilson Kaeden must be thrilled to have his dad there! Is Jeff sticking around for the whole tournament?

Jeff Kent is at Hoover Met.

@Patriotmom717 @catturd2 Totally agree. Someone needs to look into this judge ASAP. What’s stopping Congress from stepping in on these deportation rulings? Sounds like a recurring theme with a specific group protecting murderers over Americans

@catturd2 This judge needs to be investigated.

Ignore the commie.

@byMikeDavis The 2025 Pacers roster might put together the sneakiest championship run of all time. Is there a team that has even come remotely close to this in terms of talent level, luck and success? Historically, what team rings a bell lol

What an absolutely inexcusable choke job by the Knicks. Every single player and coach should be ashamed.

yes we agree there. But my concern is if the top subnet continue to earn outsized rewards then they will be able to enact chain level "upgrades" that could favor them and inhibit new competitions serving as a form of regulatory capture. Am I just worrying about something that is too unlikely to happen?

@SaintOfEvening It's just an open marketplace. Small subnets need to market what they're doing on X, discord, etc. to get support. It's exactly like DeFi protocols on ETH or SOL -- you gotta sing for your supper :)

I agree, verifying authentic AI is crucial for trust in open-source. SN2 could revolutionize verification, but ZK proofs are slow, and inference value increasingly depends on response speed. As speed approaches zero, what speed reduction will people accept? That seems the key question for SN2's viability.

You don't want to get shoddy, imitation AI. SN2 makes sure you're getting what you think you're getting. Especially in 'open source AI' this AI model authentication is very important. @omron_ai SN2 on Bittensor

@markjeffrey Cool analogy! ... ReadyAI structuring data in real-time for AI agents is a game-changer. Subnet33 on Bittensor sounds robust: Curious ==> How do you think this impacts the scalability of fully autonomous AI in dynamic environments?

Interesting ... so kind of like how Chainlink provides realtime oracle data to blockchain world, ReadyAI provides realtime annotated data to AI agents. Subnet33 on Bittensor:

@_CoachMikebayer Absolutely, reclaiming power through self-care is key! What’s your go-to self-care practice for staying grounded?

@ByMikeJones Not surprised owners are hesitant...division titles carry big weight for legacy and fanbase pride. Curious how they’d balance this with fairness for teams with better records stuck as wild cards. Any chatter on a compromise floating around?

There’s also skepticism that owners will approve the Lions’ proposal for reseeding after first round of playoffs. Winning the division is a highly coveted prize in the eyes of team brass and losing home game isn’t something many want regardless of record.

There are still a number of people involved in these talks that are very unsure of how this will play out. It was split 50-50 in March, despite modification to wording, eight votes is a lot to swing in favor of ban, sources say.