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Welcome to the 19th edition of the TAO Times, where we share weekly updates on all of the most important events occurring within the Bittensor ecosystem!

For validators, subnet owners, miners, token holders, & community members.

Here is what happened during the week of December 22nd ↘️

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Highlights of the Week

🔥 dao5, a crypto investment firm, has announced the launch of tao5, a new incubator for Bittensor subnets, following its acquisition of the network's third-largest validator from OWL Ventures. The incubator, led by dao5 founder Tekin Salimi, has already partnered with Eternis (SN63) and aims to support high-quality technical teams building within Bittensor.

🔥 Yuma Group has announced a new validator weighting framework that includes specific support for emerging subnets. The framework introduces two tiers: Yuma-accelerated subnets will receive a minimum 1.5% weight, while Yuma-incubated subnets will receive 3% for one year, after which they'll transition to global evaluation criteria. The program will begin accepting submissions on January 15, 2025, with a deadline of January 31, 2025, followed by monthly re-weightings starting February 1, 2025.

🔥 Rayon Labs has registered Chutes on SN64, enabling permissionless compute for both model training and inference. SN19 has already committed to migrating to the subnet, and the team also hinted that future developments may enable autonomous agents to create new compute instances without human intervention.

🔥 Agenτao (formerly taogod) has announced its launch on SN62 as a decentralized marketplace for autonomous software engineering agents on Bittensor. The subnet aims to create a platform where validators propose coding problems and miners submit solutions, building an open-source dataset called Cerebro. The team plans to expand into automated open-source contributions and eventually launch an API marketplace for third-party access to these autonomous development capabilities.

🔥 Crucible Labs released a framework classifying Bittensor subnets along two key dimensions: their objective (ranging from research to service-oriented) and their coordination focus (spanning intelligence to resource allocation). The team concludes that the most promising opportunities for developers lies in subnets that blend research capabilities with practical services, particularly those that coordinate intelligence rather than competing with established players in basic resource provision.

🔥 Macrocosmos has announced Atom, a new open-source SDK designed for the broader Bittensor community. The toolkit provides developers with generic miner and validator frameworks, chain-related tools, and organic scoring capabilities, aiming to standardize and streamline subnet development across the ecosystem.

🔥 Outpost released a podcast featuring Sami and Seth from Crucible Labs, discussing their journey into Bittensor, the network's core dynamics, and the upcoming dTAO upgrade. The conversation covers their perspective on Bittensor as a counterweight to centralized AI, network relationships between miners, validators, and subnet owners, and explores the potential impact of dTAO on the network's future economics.

Ecosystem & Subnet Updates Below… ⬇️