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Welcome to the 20th 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 29th ↘️

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Highlights of the Week

🔥 Const posted a Twitter thread recapping Bittensor’s key achievements throughout 2024. Among them:

• Dataverse SN13 unlocked the most powerful scraper in the world and created the largest open source social media dataset.

• Nextplace SN48, best the zestimate, to be the best available housing price predictor on the market.

• Naschain SN31 blasted records on Neural Architecture search beating out the best solvers from Google.

In the quoted tweet, Const also teased Bittensor’s master plan for 2025 including the permissionless EVM (which was also launched this week), registration fee elimination, and limitless subnets…

🔥 Bittensor-powered agents launched on Creator Bid and Virtuals are popping off right now, as several subnet teams race to launch agents that are leveraging the intelligence produced by miners. This week, Bittensor agents have accumulated ~$100 million in capital. You can track all of the Bittensor agents and Bittensor-adjacent tokens on tao5’s sleek new dashboard.

🔥 Key Bittensor stakeholders joined a Twitter space yesterday to discuss the evolution of validator dynamics and dTAO's crucial role in maintaining subnet sustainability, emphasizing how the ecosystem is mature enough to transition from centralized validator control to a more market-driven approach. The conversation, summarized by xponentcrisis from Tensorplex, highlighted how EVM integration will enable better subnet management and suggested that while full decentralization remains the goal, starting with a smaller validator set (similar to Hyperliquid's model) can be practical for bootstrapping new subnets.

🔥 563defi from blocmates wrote an article highlighting the seven new subnet registrations in December. These subnets span diverse applications including cancer research (Safe Scan), fully homomorphic encryption (Brainlock), complex mathematics (Lean In), cybersecurity (RedTeam), and AI agent development (Agent Arena, Agentao, Chutes).

🔥 taostats released its Bittensor EVM block explorer, allowing anyone to see finalized transactions and contracts launched on the chain.

Ecosystem & Subnet Updates Below… ⬇️