S2E6 - Chutes.ai Subnet 64 w/ Namoray and Jon Durbin
Bittensor Guru
What do you get when Bittensor's most talented subnet builder and a prolific miner combine forces? Subnet 64 Chutes. Built for dtao with optimized efficiency on every level, monetization included through micropayments in TAO, a host of groundbreaking security features for miners, a rewrite of validation methodology to lower expenses and a front end so smooth you don't need to know squat to kick the tires on all of Huggingface...this was such a treat. I love these dudes, what assets to have involved in Bittensor. Head to to use the future now. PS. More Chutes apps coming soon. Try out...
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S2E5 - Subnet 53 Efficient Frontier by SignalPlus with Augustine
Bittensor Guru
Alright Bittensor...We've had a bunch of attempts at prediction/trading and most of those subnets are on the cutting room floor. SignalPlus and team went into this crowded category anyway and have set a new bar for competitive investment strategies, slick front end deployment and big buy-in from the community and validators. Enjoy this hour with Augustine, one of the lead developers for Efficient Frontier. Video pod: Episode Links
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S2E4 - Dippy.ai S11 Roleplay and S58 Voice
Bittensor Guru
and Akshat join the pod for the second time to talk evolution of and how they are using multiple subnets and integration within Bittensor's network to further the reach and capabilities of their viral roleplaying app. With a successful subnet (S11) and second subnet (S58) launched to add voice to their offering, this team is becoming a major force both in and outside of Bittensor.
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S2E3 - WOMBO & Bittensor w/ Ben-Zion
Bittensor Guru
Ben-Zion and the team at are making waves in Bittensor again with their new Subnet 36 Pyramid Scheme (bringing Cellular Automata to Bittensor) along with and a new subnet analyzer tool called tao360. These contributions along with their continued success in optimizing Stable Diffusion XL on 4090s on S39 EdgeMaxxing puts them in a league of their own. Ben-Zion is one of the spiciest personalities we have involved in Bittensor and I always appreciate the flavor he brings to any conversation. Enjoy!
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S2E2 - Omega Focus w/ Parshant from Omega Labs
Bittensor Guru
Parshant from Omega Labs joins the podcast for the second time to discuss their new app, Omega Focus. With the most downloaded dataset on huggingface between 10-100 million rows, this team is no stranger to delivering value to the open source community and they've hit another home run by enabling anyone to monetize their daily work by contributing to training artificial intelligence. Parshant is a mench and we are so lucky to have innovative builders like him in Bittensor. As they say at Omega, "Be, and it becomes..."
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S2E1 - Macrocosmos.ai - Season 2 Launch Party with Steffen Cruz and Will Squires
Bittensor Guru
We're back baby! Season 2 of the Bittensor Guru is finally here and we're dropping the first episode with a visit from Will Squires and Steffen Cruz and the team. With subnets 1, 9, 13, 25 and 37 this team is 29 brains strong and one of the primary forces shaping Bittensor today. We spend much of the episode covering S13's rebranding to "Gravity" and the team's prediction of a Trump victory along with how this has managed to build a team of PHDs and machine learning professionals around Bittensor. Read their monster October update . Enjoy!
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Episode 37 - Subnet 19 Vision w/ Namoray
Bittensor Guru
The premier subnet on Bittensor as of Aug 2024 is Subnet 19 and its lead developer, Namoray, joins the pod for a second time to discuss how he approaches subnet development and how work on one subnet can impact the entire network. We also get into the future of Bittensor and where we see the network headed in the next 18 months. This conversation was a pleasure. Video pod episode links below.
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Episode 36 - Subnet 20 BitAgent w/ Frank from Rizzo Validator
Bittensor Guru
Frank has been a force for good in the Bittensor ecosystem for a long time and brings a track record of business development and entrepreneurial success with the Rizzo Validator and Subnet 20 BitAgent to our project. I relish any chance I get to mix it up with a fellow validator and this conversation was no exception. Tune in for a wide ranging conversation between Frank and I. Thanks for listening!
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Episode 35 - Subnet 12 Compute Horde w/ Rhef
Bittensor Guru
With Subnet 12 - Compute Horde recently eclipsing 1000 GPUs and breaking all known limits of subnet design, Rhef and his team are inviting miners into a whole new architecture with multiple GPUs, on-demand requisitioning, a la carte HuggingFace model hosting and custom front ends for user interaction. This episode is best consumed through video as there are a couple screen sharing demos. Link below. Don't miss Rhef's Bittensor network dashboards either. Enjoy!
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Episode 34 - S10 Sturdy w/ Sam Forman
Bittensor Guru
Sam Forman from joins the Bittensor Guru to discuss . Sturdy uses their subnet as a crowdsourced yield optimization engine to power their lending protocol, setting a new standard for decentralization of financial intelligence. Fresh of a major upgrade to their reward mechanism, Sam takes us through how he uses Bittensor's incentivization to deliver top returns to Sturdy's users.
info_outlineOnly one subnet could be the 21st episode of this pod and that is Philanthrope's Subnet 21 FileTAO on Bittensor. Phil does a great job of simplifying how all the gears turn on his decentralized storage masterpiece. With petabytes of capacity and hundreds of terabytes in current storage used, this is a subnet provides immediately utility and redundant security through incentivizing one of the most important in-house services of any Bittensor subnet, Storage. Enjoy!
https://twitter.com/philanthro52793
https://github.com/ifrit98/storage-subnet