Subnet Summer Validator | Building Bittensor's First Democratised, Honest Validator @SubnetSummerT (Subnet Summer) and @iamtheloraxnow (Medulla Labs) sit down to talk about they we teamed up to build the first democratised, honest validator on Bittensor. They cover: 🔹 Why validation on Bittensor needs a new approach 🔹 How the Subnet Summer × Medulla Labs partnership came together 🔹 What "democratised" and "honest" validation actually mean in practice 🔹 Where Bittensor validation is heading next If you stake, build, or just follow Bittensor, this is the future of validation, and it's worth understanding now. Your Stake, Your Decision youtu.be/44AGXVelhL8?si=KbPV…

The @ExploitSummit Bittensor conference in Montreal was packed with exciting news all around. There were important protocol changes. Subnets made announcements on their latest developments and achievements. Many different pieces of news hit the Bittensor wire in the short 2 day timespan. Here were some of the biggest bombshells that dropped: • The Gamma token In the keynote speech to kick off the conference, Jacob Reeves, aka Const (@const_reborn), one of the co-founders of Bittensor, announced a new and complex token tied to network usage of infrastructure compute/inference/storage subnets. The goal of this token is to have subnets utilize internal resources utilizing a portion of their subnet token emissions without having to sell. This has the potential to fuel lots of projects in the ecosystem and ensure they have the firepower to build on their respective initiatives. More on this soon. • The Paralex 8B parameter run Job Durbin of @chutes_ai announced their successful training run on an 8 billion parameter model using RTX 5090 GPUs that was actually run smoothly and quickly on a phone. The whole run cost $6500, a considerably less cost than other comparable training runs. Durbin demonstrated that anyone around the world could run quality models off their personal devices. The goal is to not need datacenters and give people unqualified access to AI models. • IOTA SDK and Liquid Compute platform @IOTA_SN9 has been well regarded as one of Bittensor’s finest “research subnets”. In fact, Will Squires, the CEO of Macrocosmos, the team behind Iota, was part of a debate discussing revenue vs research with Mog. However, Iota officially announced plans to commercialize their technology with its new SDK, which allows builders to pre-train, fine-tune, post-train models with a vast GPU pool filled by their miners. They recently trained a 100 Billion parameter model, called Orion, which gives them the assurance this pipeline parallelism approach will be effective in its SDK. • Metanova- Lab Synthesis @metanova_labs is Bittensor's drug discovery subnet. Miners are tasked to build models and produce synthetic molecules that can be tested for real life drug use cases. They announced molecules that have been produced on the subnet are being tested and synthesized in a real world lab. • Swarm introduced Sentinel, autonomous drones designed to patrol solar sites @SwarmSubnet is a subnet specifically tailored to building and coordinating autonomous drones. Someone from a solar plant approached the team with a problem. Copper was being stolen and the plant needed better security. Swarm provided their autonomous drone technology to monitor the site and report any nefarious activity. • 404 Gen announced the winners of the Game Jam competition uses their special mesh 3D generative technology @404gen_ is the 3D Generation subnet. They have amassed the largest collection of 3D assets in the world. Subnet 17 is focusing on taking a slice of the gaming market with their 3D generation asset mechanism. To showcase its prowess, 404-Gen organized a competition called Game Jam. Anyone could use this technology to create their own game. The winner created a neat puzzle adventure game called “The Last Bellkeeper” focused on the wind with dazzling graphics and smooth gameplay. The winners and participants of this contest will be helped by 404-Gen to promote their games to gain users and profitability. • Carbon Physics won Pitchtensor @bitstarterAI hosted an event called Pitchtensor to give aspiring subnet teams a chance to pitch their business idea to earn a subnet slot. @Carbonphysicsai won the contest and raised 500 TAO shortly thereafter. They are tackling the physics space. Their miners will submit models that can solve real engineering problems for items like batteries, AI-chip cooling, and electric motors. • Green compute announced a $4 million data center is planned for the end of next month @green_compute_ is a subnet that generates compute via their reusable and mostly underutilized resources such as manure. They just announced a plan to build a $4 million datacenter to bolster their initiatives. • Bitcast announced Subent Summer integration of their incentive mechanism @Bitcast_network has created a unique niche in the Bittensor ecosystem. They have become the de facto marketing arm for the platform. Bitcast announced that TAPE and @SubnetSummerTAO will be utilizing its incentive mechanism to contribute content into the ecosystem. Learn more here: xitter.cf/SubnetSummerTAO/status… Not only were there many exciting announcements, but also some thought provoking talks about the direction of Bittensor, how to survive, and tapping into the human element of it. Want to continue the conversation? Join our Telegram group to be a part of the Town Square. t.me/subnetsummertg

🔉 Exploit Summit 2026 is one week away. We’re proud to announce @SubnetSummerTAO as a livestream partner for @ExploitSummit . We’ll be streaming the event live from the Subnet Summer X account, covering talks, debates, workshops, and live demos from New City Gas in Montréal. We’ll also be on the ground hosting 2 podcasts at the event, bringing builders, subnet teams, and operators into the conversation as it happens. Whether you’re in Montréal or watching from anywhere in the world, turn on notifications and stay with us for live coverage and exclusive conversations. Break it down. Build it better. See you at Exploit.