Testnet Hoskinson is complete! 🎇 All core blockchain infrastructure and decentralized AI networking layer testing have been completed! This milestone marks the transition from foundation-building to ecosystem expansion. What we accomplished: • Over 1,000,000 blocks validated • Over 2,000,000 pubsub heartbeats processed • Over 5,000,000 messages successfully gossiped across the network • Fault-tolerant P2P connectivity validated under real conditions • End-to-end decentralized AI network coordination confirmed The future is decentralized, trustless, and P2P AI, and we've unlocked that. ⇾ Production-grade experimentation for agent swarms and model coordination ⇾ Scalable on-chain incentives for AI infrastructure ⇾ Composable decentralized AI services pooled together across a single network We now move from proving the network… to building on it. The future of AI starts now. The future of AI is trustless. The future of AI is peer-to-peer. The future of AI is private.

Welcome to Hypertensor, a decentralized machine learning network and blockchain. Join the community to keep up to date for the blockchain launch and presale date discord.gg/bY7NUEweQp

🥳New Announcement: We’re thrilled to announce the release of our most updated and full-feature whitepaper! 🎉 See it here hypertensor.org/whitepaper.p…

In decentralized AI, incentivizing nodes isn't just about rewards, it's about fostering the future of innovation, inhibiting monopolies -- putting AI in the hands of the people. We will be on the ground floor ensuring this happens.

Testnet Tensor is now available! 🥳 We're thrilled to announce the launch of Testnet Tensor! This is a crucial step toward our journey of building the largest decentralized ecosystem for decentralized AI models and AI agents! How to get started: You can run a subnet validator node for the first subnet: docs.hypertensor.org/run-a-s… DSN-1 is the first decentralized AI subnet in the Hypertensor Testnet Tensor network. This subnet is running an open-sourced and uncensored version of LLAMA 3 by @orenguteng_ai. You can see the nodes validating and hosting the model at dash.hypertensor.org. You can delegate stake to the subnets of your choosing: Delegate staking is an important feature of the Hypertensor network. It allows users to vote for the activation and continuation of a subnet and to receive rewards! You can stake by following these directions: docs.hypertensor.org/delegat… Chat with the fully decentralized AI model by DSN-1, which is being validated by validator nodes all around the world! You can chat with it at chat.hypertensor.org! What are we testing? 1. Everything from the previous testnet 2. Registration and activation of subnets 3. Registration and activation of subnet validator nodes 4. Subnet POS (proof of stake) consensus mechanism 5. Consensus Mechanism 6. Validating 7. Attesting 8. Decentralized inference 9. Delegate staking model And much more! As this is a testnet, expect bugs and report any you see to us! Join us! Discord: discord.gg/bY7NUEweQp Telegram: t.me/hypertensorblockchain GitHub: GitHub.com/hypertensor-blens… Website: Hypertensor.org

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Hypertensor on Ethereum is officially live! 🥳 0x16A3543Fa6B32CAC3B0A755f64A729E84f89a75C $TENSOR

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AI decentralization is the key to unlocking innovation and resilience in technology. Embracing a future where power resides in collaboration, not centralization, is the way forward Nodes host subsets of ML models with others. Once up and running, models can never be shut down

Our presale is officially live! This presale is for 1.9% of the total supply that will be available on the blockchain. The remaining supply will only be able to be obtained by blockchain participants such as validators and peers. More information - presale.hypertensor.org

Unkillable AI™ —by Hypertensor©

Testnet Tensor Update ✅ 300,000+ blocks validated with zero stoppages ✅ 3,000+ consecutive epochs of the incentive mechanism ✅ 1,000+ transformer blocks served and validated in the DSN (Decentralized Subnet) for Llama 3 ✅ DSN PoS working flawlessly—no node enters without an on-chain stake But we're not stopping there. Testnet Tensor has revealed areas for improvement: 🔹 Unionized consensus data across epochs to handle subnet node churn 🔹 On-chain reputation tracking for subnet validator nodes 🔹 Ed25519 signatures for DHT records 🔹 PoS hooks to auto-remove nodes from the DSN routing tables ...and much more in the works! Hypertensor is pushing the limits of decentralized AI—stay tuned for these updates to come to fruition and more! 🧠⚡

Decentralized AI is a game-changer! 🚀Distributing processing across a network of nodes enhances privacy, reduces single points of failure, and empowers individuals. Imagine AI that's transparent, secure, and not controlled by a single entity. That's the future we're building!

The human populace should take part in the democratic voting process. That's why we're pioneering a decentralized, incentivized, and democratized AI blockchain – a groundbreaking proof of concept shaping the future of the democratic process of AI.

Proof of Stake Decentralized AI Models The Hypertensor subnet template now integrates a Proof of Stake (PoS) mechanism built directly into the AI models, leveraging the secure and efficient Ed25519 key type while maintaining adaptability for other cryptographic standards. Why Proof of Stake Within Subnets? Proof of Stake (PoS) is a foundational mechanism for many blockchains because it ensures validators are economically tied to their actions. By requiring subnet participants to stake cryptocurrency to enter subnets, PoS: • Encourages Honest Behavior: Validators have a financial stake in the system, and dishonest actions could result in their stake being lost. • Reduces Risks of Misbehavior: The potential for financial penalties aligns validators' incentives with the health and security of the network, minimizing malicious activity. Subnets as Decentralized AI Networks Hypertensor subnets function like blockchains—they're peer-to-peer (P2P) networks that support decentralized AI models powered by validator nodes. By mandating an on-chain stake for each subnet node, Hypertensor aligns incentives, ensuring every participant is financially committed to the network’s security and reliability. What This Means Without an on-chain stake, users cannot participate in subnets. This foundational requirement fosters a trustless and robust environment, crucial for powering decentralized AI at scale. This update marks another step in building secure and scalable decentralized & incentivized AI infrastructure, and a big step for distributed-style machine learning networks! 🚀

Fully decentralized and fault-tolerant integration of @deepseek_ai R1 is in progress right now into the DSN standard

Plan to launch a centralized subnet on Hypertensor? Think again... Many of the decisions made during the planning phase of the Hypertensor network were based on how do we ensure a subnet is decentralized, and we've designed many features to ensure this. Here are a few. 1. PoS with a 66% attack vector Similar to blockchains, other nodes must recognize you by you being added to their routing tables, and our on-chain consensus layer, validated by blockchain validator nodes, requires this to receive incentives. A subnet cannot assume just because a node is staked on-chain, they are a subnet validator node and begin to allow them to submit scores. These types of subnets will be ripe for a 66% takeover. How do you know if someone IS a validator node? Simple, you build a decentralized network using our P2P subnet template. You will know someone is a node because they're in the distributed hash table and available to be called on by all other nodes. You will know who they are using the signature verification system tied to their on-chain identity of their peer ID. There are more built-in utilities to use, as a heartbeat broadcast between nodes, DHT Storage expiration times, P2P RPC methods, etc. 2. Overwatch Nodes While OW nodes won't be deployed at genesis, they will be the backbone of our decentralized AI network. These nodes will initially ensure two main requirements: 1. Subnet utilizes proof-of-stake 2. Subnet has a bootstrap node to connect to Later, more features will be implemented, such as benchmarking subnets. These nodes will be responsible for submitting scores on each subnet that will then be factored into the rewards formula. If a subnet is not decentralized, it will become economically unviable.

Incredible! With a strong X/Twitter (300) and Discord (1k) family, we raised over $100k -- no VCs, influencers, or paid promos. We're more organic than Whole Foods and TJs combined! We're thrilled to be on this incredible journey with those making a big impact on this world

It is now here. 🎉 Testnet Tensor 1.0.1 has been delivered! 🧑‍🍳 Run a node: docs.hypertensor.org

Development Update: Hypertensor is integrating EVM! We're excited to announce that the Hypertensor blockchain is being upgraded to support EVM compatibility. What does this mean for developers? You'll soon be able to build and deploy smart contracts directly on Hypertensor, with seamless integration into existing Substrate pallets via precompiles. This opens the door for a wide range of new applications⸺from applications interacting with subnets and nodes to DeFi protocols and beyond. Get ready to build. Documentation for HypertensorEVM is on the way, so stay tuned! And that’s just the beginning… We have many more development updates coming soon!

🚀 We're excited to unveil the first Devnet for Hypertensor - Hypertensor Vitalik! 🥳 Named after the pioneer of defi. Join us in shaping the future of AI as we pioneer the true decentralized AI economy! 🔗 docs.hypertensor.org

Testnet soon™

Tensor 1.0.1 testnet is complete! All test cases have passed on every feature. Huge thanks to @TeamRizzoAI and @21RoundTable for running validator nodes for both the blockchain and subnets! Next up: feature upgrades!💡

🚀 Introducing Node Delegate Staking for Hypertensor Subnet Nodes! 🚀 We're excited to announce that Node Delegate Staking is coming to Hypertensor, bringing a powerful new way to support subnet nodes and enhance decentralization! Previously, users could only delegate stake to subnets, but now they can also delegate directly to individual subnet nodes, providing more precise support and control. 🔹 What is Node Delegate Staking? This new feature allows users to delegate stake to subnet nodes, helping secure the network while earning rewards—without the need to run a node themselves. 🔹 Why is This Important? ✅ Stronger Incentives – Subnet nodes receive more support, encouraging high-performance participation. ✅ Greater Accessibility – Anyone can participate in securing subnets without technical barriers. ✅ Enhanced Decentralization – More distributed stake means a stronger, more resilient network. ✅ Optimized Resource Allocation – Delegators help ensure the most reliable nodes receive support. This marks a major step toward making Hypertensor's decentralized AI infrastructure more robust, efficient, and inclusive. Many more updates are coming!

Smart contracts.

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Testnet Tensor 1.0.1 is incoming! Here are a few of the updates you can expect from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1: Blockchain: - New subnet registration fee mechanism - New subnet registration interval restrictions - Subnet node delegate staking - Subnet node key management mech - Unstaking now funnels to a single key instead of per subnet and key - Randomizer updated DSN (Subnet): - New attesting mechanism for greater attestation accuracy - Bootstrap nodes can now separate from AI nodes instead of being combined - Bootstrap node included in PoS - DHT storage now requires ed25519 signing for secure storage Get ready because the building NEVER STOPS!

T² This is only the beginning. Soon.

Pioneers of decentralized intelligence, The finish line is in sight 👀 Our long list of tasks has become much shorter; the following remain: Legend: ✅ Complete 🔮 In review 🔄 In progress 🔵 To do Bridge: 🔄 Final security checks — 79% 🔵 Internal remote testing Blockchain & Subnet: ✅ Subnet Dutch auction ✅ Subnet slots ✅ On-chain identities ✅ Reputation tracking 🔮 Overwatch nodes 🔮 Node removal system 🔄 Decentralized Subnet Template — 60% 🔄 Final EVM testing and compatibility, enabling smart contracts — 51% 🔵 Final blockchain code review 🔵 Final subnet template code review

The final testnet is approaching, then mainnet! We're getting everything ready for the mainnet, which includes one more testnet, having subnets ready for the mainnet, having external teams build subnets ready for mainnet, and preparing a bridge. The final testnet is coming. Let's break down some of what's being built and updated: ✅ Bridge The bridge will be for the bidirectional transfer of TENSOR between networks like Hypertensor, Ethereum, and Base. In the future, more networks, such as Solana, will be added, as well as more assets! ✅ Blockchain & Sub-network ➧ Decentralized Subnet Template⸺coming soon ➧ EVM integration ➧ Subnet Dutch auction ➧ Subnet slots Each subnet has a slot for validator election and rewards distribution to keep the block weight at a minimum ➧ On-chain identities Enables nodes to create unique identities on-chain ➧ Reputation tracking Validator activity is tracked and used in node removal policies and Overwatch Node eligibility ➧ Overwatch Nodes Nodes that validate off-chain activity, i.e., subnets, are decentralized, verify consensus accuracy, and benchmark subnets ➧ Node removal system A tree-based logic system where node removal conditions are expressed as composable Boolean logic expressions (AND, OR, XOR, NOT) over measurable properties. More information on the bridge, CLI, and ETA's on testnet will follow as development increases.

A BIG update to the Hypertensor inflation mechanism. Previously, inflation was going to be dictated by Bitcoinomics with static block rewards per halving. Instead, we are opting for an inflation curve with a time decay. This lowers the previous plan inflation by over 80%. ✴️

Here's a development update on how subnets will be registered and activated! 🌐Here's how it works: Registration Request: A user submits a subnet registration request and pays the fixed cost. Support Period: The subnet has a specific number of blocks to meet the following criteria: • Subnet Node Staking: A minimum number of nodes required to validate the subnet must be staked on-chain. • Delegate Staking: A minimum subnet delegate stake balance must be staked on-chain. This amount is based on the size of the subnet and the number of nodes required to validate the subnet. Activation or Rejection: • If both criteria are met within the timeframe, the subnet is activated. • If not, the subnet cannot be activated and can be removed. Post-Activation Requirements: • The subnet must maintain the minimum required delegate stake balance at all times. • If the number of subnet nodes falls below the required minimum, penalties will be incrementally applied to the subnet. • Subnets exceeding the maximum penalty count will be removed. This streamlined process ensures a fair, efficient, and robust system for launching new subnets while maintaining the network's integrity and ensuring the community always supports the subnets.

The Hypertensor protocol is entering the later stages of blockchain development and ongoing subnet advancements. Here’s what's happening: 🌐 Network Pallet Updates Subnet and Delegate Staking: Finalizing staking ledger logic for subnets and delegate stakers. Epoch Rewards and Slashing: Fine-tuning epoch-based reward and slashing protocols. Minimum Node Requirement: Implementing a new algorithm that boosts competition among high-performance subnets. Fault-Proof Mechanism: Testing and enhancing fault-proof systems for improved network resilience. 📖 Subnet Democracy Pallet Enhancements Voting Power Adjustments: Establishing voting power based on staking balances across the network, encompassing both NPOS and subnets. Subnet Node Validation: Ensuring all new subnet nodes validate their commitment via bonding during proposal submissions. Proposal Activation Control: Activating subnets only after proposal validation to minimize spam. Slashing Policy for Proposers: Introducing slashing for proposers who cancel their proposals to further deter spam. Exciting improvements to our smart contract capabilities are just around the corner. We're finalizing key features to enhance flexibility, security, and integration across our network.

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Who controls AI, controls truth

Soon.

P2P fully decentralized cross-chain atomic swaps are coming.

🥳DSN Model Update: Hypertensor's fault-tolerant DSN-1 (decentralized subnet 1) has been updated to include data on Hypertensor! The model can now provide all the information you need about Hypertensor, its mission, and how decentralized AI works! Explore the future of AI, powered by true decentralization!

Most token vaults are inherently vulnerable to inflation-based attacks — a problem we've seen exploited across many yield-generating protocols. How does Hypertensor protect stakers from these attacks? Hypertensor introduces several mechanisms designed to make inflation attacks mathematically unviable: 1. Dead Shares on Initial Deposit Borrowing from Uniswap V2's design, the very first deposit or donation to a vault mints "dead shares" — shares that don't correspond to any real assets. This deters both direct and stealth donation attacks. To match the impact of a typical early deposit, an attacker must contribute assets multiplied by the size of the initial deposit — making such attacks more difficult. 2. Virtual Deposit A virtual asset and its corresponding share are included in all share-to-asset and asset-to-share conversions. This ensures there's never a moment where the share price becomes manipulable due to low liquidity, making it harder to front-run or game deposits. 3. Increased Precision Share Tracking Shares are tracked with higher precision than the underlying asset balances. This helps minimize rounding errors when converting between assets and shares, reducing small discrepancies that attackers could otherwise exploit at scale. Coupling a virtual deposit and increasing the precision of decimal offset reduces the rounding error when computing the number of shares. Attacks lose its profitability because virtual assets and shares capture part of the donation. 4. Minimum Deposit Requirement Every deposit into the staking system must meet a small minimum threshold. This simple rule helps prevent tiny deposits from manipulating rounding behavior for unfair share gain. Conclusion Together, these measures make inflation attacks — whether through direct front-running or precision-based exploitation — economically unprofitable.

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A lot of people ask how score-copying (AKA weight-copying) isn't possible on Hypertensor, and how we deal with it. In any reputation-based consensus mechanism using a public ledger, copying data from node to node is a real threat. Here's how we mitigate it… ✳️What makes a node a node? Just being registered on-chain doesn't qualify. Each node must progress through classifications—checkpoints that prevent sybil attacks, 66% takeovers, and other exploits. These stages give subnets the ability to design ways to verify that nodes are truly performing tasks and fulfilling responsibilities before they can receive incentives. Think of it like blockchain routing tables: if a node isn't connected and recognized by others, it isn't really part of the network, even if it's running the code. Therefore, before a node can even receive rewards by submitting or attesting data, it must be consensus-verified by the subnet. ✳️How can a subnet even verify this? Hypertensor sub-networks are blockchains without computational limitations. This gives them the same tooling they have for P2P communication and is what enables us to put AI "on-chain". Nodes can communicate in real time with all other nodes, allowing them to determine if a node is truly present and confirm each node is performing its required tasks and responsibilities. ✳️Subnet Design Matters Score-copying only works if the subnet is poorly designed. Robust subnets: ▪️ Use commit–reveal schemes ▪️ Introduce random seed multipliers for scores epoch-to-epoch ▪️ Apply deterministic verification to ensure nodes are actually doing the work With the above in place, score-copying is impossible. ✳️The Bottom Line Hypertensor's layered design makes score-copying improbable at the blockchain layer, and with the right implementations, impossible at the sub-network level. Between on-chain classifications, in-subnet consensus verification, and the added oversight of Overwatch Nodes, this attack vector is completely closed. Join the Telegram to learn more: t.me/hypertensorblockchain Learn more about Overwatch Nodes below nitter.app/hyper_tensor/status/19…

The future of intelligence is decentralized. We're building that future.

What are Overwatch Nodes in Hypertensor? Overwatch Nodes are trusted, staked participants that evaluate subnets and influence their emission weights. Their 3 core objectives: 1️⃣ Verifying Decentralization Ensure subnets are truly decentralized by checking node distribution and control. 2️⃣ Verifying Consensus Accuracy Confirm that nodes participating in consensus actually exist in the P2P network. 3️⃣ Benchmarking Subnets (WIP) Use an RPC interface to benchmark each node’s performance & reliability. node's Overwatchers submit scores using a commit-reveal scheme so nobody can copy others. Rewards are based on how close a score is to the mean score across Overwatchers, weighted by the nodes stake weight ratio. Stake is weighted but dampened with a power function so whales can't dominate. Becoming an Overwatcher All nodes in the network have their reputations tracked onchain from their subnet validator node activity. To qualify as an Overwatch Node, one must demonstrate a long track record of trusted behavior and maintain diversity across multiple subnets. This ensures Overwatchers are highly reliable and not tied to a single subnet’s interests. Overwatch Nodes = accountability + decentralization + performance.

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You'll soon be able to build customized AI use cases in a decentralized environment with a swarm of nodes all running their assigned tasks — from inference and training to agents, and more! All being prepped for mainnet. Development is in progress for the new standard in decentralized AI: A template for building distributed intelligence networks for decentralized AI, designed for the Hypertensor platform, with the following built-in: ✅ Kademlia DHT (Distributed Hash Table) ✅ Decentralized storage via DHT Records ✅ Decentralized communication protocols (TCP) ✅ Signature-based authentication (RSA or Ed25519) ✅ Proof-of-Stake to get in the subnet and communicate with other nodes ✅ Interaction with Hypertensor's on-chain consensus algorithm Decentralized AI doesn't exist without decentralization. Building will be as simple as deploying protocols in the subnet, as easy to run as a node on any chain. Documentation on how to build on top of the template, along with a full subnet example built on top of it, is coming soon!

Development Update Hypertensor is implementing a reputation-based system for subnet validator nodes. This system tracks and scores validator activity on-chain and is used across the network for subnet management, validator rotation, and Overwatch role access. 🔁 Dynamic Node Management When subnets reach full capacity, reputation scores can be used to replace lower-performing validators with more reliable ones—giving subnet owners another tool to optimize performance. 🛡️ Overwatch Node Requirements Only nodes with a strong reputation can register as Overwatch Nodes, and they must maintain high scores to remain active. Overwatch Nodes influence subnet rewards and must be trusted, long-standing participants in the network.

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$TENSOR has no VCs, investor unlockings, investor cliffs, wallet minting, etc. We raised $1M just a month into developing Hypertensor thanks to our true believers in the vision. The demand and need for decentralized AI will continue to grow faster than we can anticipate 🧵

EVM.

What we're working on this week at Hypertensor! 🧵

A flywheel inside a flywheel inside a flywheel inside a flywheel Read more: docs.hypertensor.org/gamific…

Them vs. Us. Decentralization of artificial intelligence puts the power of the future of humanity into the hands of the many.

Gavin Woods is a pioneer in the blockchain space. This is why we honor him today. Testnet Gavin is now live! 🥳 We thank you for all of your hard work @gavofyork docs.hypertensor.org

At a high level, every subnet in our platform operates like its own blockchain. Each subnet follows the same fundamental principles that secure major chains like Ethereum or other Proof-of-Stake (PoS) networks. Because of this, subnets are subject to the same risks and security dynamics. When a new blockchain is launched, it depends on a set of initial validator nodes to bootstrap consensus. These early participants are crucial because they establish the chain's initial trust base. If a blockchain starts with only a handful of validators, say 40 nodes, it becomes relatively easy to compromise — for instance, around 70 malicious nodes could potentially overtake the network. As previously messaged, each subnet is basically a blockchain; therefore, the same principle applies to subnets. Subnets need to concern themselves with "who are the initial nodes?". When registering a subnet on-chain, the owner provides a mapping of `initial_coldkeys`, each representing a trusted identity, and specifies how many validator nodes each coldkey is permitted to register. These initial validators form the trusted foundation that bootstraps the subnet's consensus. As the subnet grows, new nodes can join under the trust model established by these initial participants. Furthermore, they are evaluated by these trusted nodes at each epoch. The more reputable and well-distributed the validator set becomes, the more resilient the subnet is against takeover attempts. In short, security scales with diversity and trustworthiness — the stronger the foundation, the harder it is to compromise the network over time.

Development update: Legend: ✅ Complete 🔮 In review 🔄 In progress 🔵 To do Bridge: 🔄 Final security checks — 90% (prev 79%) 🔵 Internal remote testing Blockchain & Subnet: ✅ Subnet Dutch auction ✅ Subnet slots ✅ On-chain identities ✅ Reputation tracking ✅ Overwatch nodes (prev 🔮) 🔮 Node removal system 🔄 Decentralized Subnet Template — 80% (prev 60%) 🔄 Final EVM testing and compatibility, enabling smart contracts — 75% (prev 51%) 🔄 Updating node queue model — 80% 🔄 Final subnet template code review (prev 🔵) 🔵 Final blockchain code review Note: Percentages are not time-based; they are task-based.

We're hosting a space with @ChillTRD on the 21st of August at 2PM EST/11AM PST to talk about decentralized AI! Be there! Let us know what you would like us to talk about!👇 nitter.app/i/spaces/1eaJbaDbbvVGX

Following the most recent testnet, this list was approximately 94 tasks. The following remains as a high-level overview. Development update: Legend: ✅ Complete 🔮 In review 🔄 In progress 🔵 To do Bridge: 🔄 Final security checks — 90% 🔵 Internal remote testing Blockchain & Subnet: ✅ Subnet Dutch auction ✅ Subnet slots ✅ On-chain identities ✅ Reputation tracking ✅ Overwatch nodes ✅ Node removal system ✅ Updating node queue model (prev 🔄) 🔄 Decentralized Subnet Template — 90% (prev 80%) 🔄 Final EVM testing and compatibility, enabling smart contracts — 90% (prev 80%) 🔄 Final subnet template code review 10% (prev 0%) 🔵 Node queue priority and removal system 🔵 Network pallet benchmarks 🔵 Proxy account integration via proxy pallet 🔵 Bootnode data consumption API (for scanners or statistics frontends) (new) 🔵 Subnet template DDOS attack prevention (new) 🔵 Statistics frontend (new) 🔵 Subnet heartbeat monitor (new) 🔵 Block author rewards (new) 🔵 Final blockchain code review 🔵 Post-review updates Note: Percentages are not time-based; they are task-based.

There are two major challenges when it comes to subnetworks: 1. How do we verify decentralization? 2. How do we verify subnet validators are actually running? Every subnet in Hypertensor is built using our standard Subnet Template, which comes with a Kademlia-based Distributed Hash Table (Kad-DHT). This is the same technology blockchains use to store and retrieve data without relying on a central server. It organizes nodes and data into a peer-to-peer network using a routing table that maps node IDs to nearby nodes based on key similarity. At a high level, each subnet functions like a specialized blockchain, but purpose-built for AI workloads that require far more compute than a traditional chain could handle. 🔍 Why This Matters Because every subnet uses this standardized DHT-based architecture, we can: ✅ Verify that a subnet is truly decentralized ✅ Verify that each validator is running a live server within the subnet And this is where Overwatch Nodes come in. ⚙️ What Are Overwatch Nodes? Overwatch Nodes are a class of trusted network observers that anyone can run, provided they meet certain requirements like maintaining a high trust score, uptime, running validator nodes, etc. Their mission: ensure the network's transparency, integrity, and decentralization. Here's how they work: 1. Subnet Verification Overwatch Nodes connect to a subnet's bootnode or bootnodes and map its peer structure. They verify that the subnet follows basic subnet requirements, such as the Proof-of-Stake mechanism, signature authentication, and maintains a decentralized topology. 2. Validator Verification (Ping-Pong Protocol) Once connected, the Overwatch Node contacts every validator using its on-chain identity and peer ID. It sends a PING request, and expects a PONG response: a cryptographically signed proof confirming that validator's active presence in the DHT. This simple but powerful process ensures that every validator in a subnet can be verified without centralized control. 🧠 The Vision The goal of Overwatch Nodes is to evolve Hypertensor into a fully autonomous, self-regulating network. They are the "eyes" of the protocol, ensuring subnets remain healthy, decentralized, and secure. 🚀 Future Concepts In the future, Overwatch Nodes will be upgraded with autonomous agents capable of traversing subnets, simulating real users and nodes, and benchmarking performance based on each subnet's AI use case. This turns the Overwatch layer into a living intelligence layer, constantly analyzing and improving the health of the ecosystem.

Hypertensor is the economy of the future.

Soon - the decentralization of Artificial Intelligence will emerge as one of the most important endeavors of internet technology ❉

What else are we cooking up in the Hypertensor ecosystem? 🧑‍🍳 Subnet Delegate Staking.

Sam Altman: “I’m excited about #Bitcoin too. This idea that we have a global currency that is outside the control of any government is a super logical and important step.” *“I’m excited about #Hypertensor too. This idea that we have a global AI network that is outside the control of any government is a super logical and important step.”

🧠Decentralized AI is unknowingly the most important technology being built right now. Back in 2014, Ethereum was an obscure concept. The question is, what is the future of decentralized AI? It's obvious 📈

Big strides toward testnet! 💪 The momentum's building fast. Here's where development stands today: Legend: ✅ Complete 🔮 In review 🔄 In progress 🔵 To do Bridge: 🔄 Final security checks — 90% 🔵 Internal remote testing Blockchain & Subnet: ✅ Subnet Dutch auction ✅ Subnet slots ✅ On-chain identities ✅ Reputation tracking ✅ Overwatch nodes ✅ Node removal system ✅ Updating node queue model (prev 🔄) ✅ Node queue priority and removal system (prev 🔵) ✅ Network pallet benchmarks (prev 🔵) ✅ Block author rewards (prev 🔵) ✅ Bootnode data consumption API (prev 🔵) 🔄 Decentralized Subnet Template — 95% (prev 90%) 🔄 Final EVM testing and compatibility, enabling smart contracts — 95% (prev 90%) 🔄 Final subnet template code review 10% 🔄 Proxy account integration via proxy pallet — 60% (prev 🔵) 🔄 Statistics frontend (prev 🔵) 🔄 Subnet heartbeat monitor (prev 🔵) 🔵 Subnet template DDOS attack prevention (new) 🔵 Final blockchain code review 🔵 Post-review updates Note: Percentages are not time-based; they are task-based.

Verifiably decentralized AI, Hypertensor is

Oldie but goodie We fix this.

We have been successfully running Testnet internally for over 10,000 blocks today. Hypertensor Testnet is coming! 🥳

A farewell to decentralization... Starting today, on April 1st, Hypertensor will drop all blockchain tech and move to a highly efficient API key system… powered by @OpenAI.

What's up with POS in Hypertensor subnets? After all, subnets aren't blockchains, they're decentralized subnets for validating AI models. How are we implementing Proof of Stake in subnets?

🎉 Exciting news! Testnet v1.0 is around the corner. A big step in revolutionizing decentralized AI! v1.0 will focus on decentralized model hosting, peer consensus, peer staking, and a block rewards mechanism for validators and peers resembling Bitcoin mechanics.

The Future of AI is Decentralized — and We Are Building It. The future of DAI is us. Not just Hypertensor, but you.

The Hypertensor Development Team is developing inference validation. A totally decentralized and low-compute inference validation mechanism and framework for subnets that will be the start of scaling decentralized AI to the masses.

Testnet Gavin is up and running flawlessly! How you can take part 👇

Testnet Gavin has been a complete success! 🙌 We thank all those who partook in testing the subnet democracy process!👏 We will begin shutting Testnet Gavin down as we continue this journey to mainnet!

Hypertensor is arguably the most decentralized AI network. We challenge anyone to dispute this claim.

What is Hypertensor? An overview... As development continues, a few elements may change or be added. 💫

Status: Building Innovations are taking place✨

Let's talk about how subnet nodes are rewarded in the Hypertensor network:

Artificial Intelligence Must Be Decentralized

Testnet imminent

We can't scale without validating inference. Decentralized AI can't scale without validating inference. Why? 🧵

A bug🐞was uncovered yesterday within the consensus mechanism that halted the blockchain rewards mechanism. The bug was from within the interquartile equation, specifically a modulo operator and indexing issue. 🥳This issue has been solved🥳 What is an interquartile algorithm?

🙌Hypertensor Testnet V1 Updates🙌 >>Documentation ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 100% >>Live Testnet Testing ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 100% >>Live P2P AI Testing (subnet) ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 95% A new horizon is emerging...

🎉Exciting news! Our Vitalik Devnet chatbot is now live at chat.hypertensor.org! This is a decentrally hosted LLM. It's *slow* but it will be 20x faster in later versions. ✅Decentralized, Incentivized, Democratized 🚫Centralized data center 🚫Controlled by the few 🧵

🙌Hypertensor Testnet V1 Updates🙌 >>Documentation ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 100% >>Live Testnet Testing ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 100% >>Live P2P AI Testing (subnet) ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 92%

V2 will mark a shift from the V1 MVP that was devnet, to a full-fledged AI economy. How? 🧵

Important Announcement We are excited to announce that all our LP (liquidity pool) and team tokens are now locked in a vesting smart contract for 8 months! $TENSOR

Who controls and owns it? The hyper-concentration of AI is a real threat to the future of humanity. Decentralized AI with Hypertensor

Halvenings are crucial moments. Like $BTC, with 64 over many decades, it'll tighten the $TENSOR supply, enhance scarcity, and reinforce its deflationary nature. Block rewards are shared amongst validators and peers hosting models. The future of decentralized AI has just begun.

Hypertensor Whitepaper Testnet v1.0 is now available! It's beginning... See it in the Discord testnet-updates channel: discord.gg/bY7NUEweQp hypertensor.org

Unlocking the power of decentralized AI to reward users, Peer Consensus operates through 2 pivotal stages: 1. Forming Consensus: Validators form consensus, refine data, and punish dishonesty. 2. Generating Emissions: Rewards flow to users in consensus based on score and stake.

✨AI inference validation is an important feature of decentralized AI.

AI is here, and the post-AI world is nearing. We are the trustless, peer-to-peer, and decentralized AI economy.

It's real