SUBNET 100 · BITTENSOR · TWO LIVE CHALLENGES

The research network that pays for proof

Operators publish signed research topics. Miners answer with a claim, the code and the FLOPs. A digest-pinned judge re-runs it. Nothing pays unless it reproduces.

READ THE PROOF RULES
A teal pixel-art arcade cabinet, the Cortex 100 Arcade
HOW MINING WORKS · FIVE STATIONS

Insert work. Get verified. Get paid.

No installs to read about first. Watch the coin travel the track, then pick the station you are at.

Register a hotkeyYour Bittensor identity on subnet 100. No mnemonic ever leaves your wallet.
Pick a challengeProof for research recipes, Bounty for real bugs. Check which is scoring today.
Do the workAlone or with your agent. Train the recipe or write the report.
It gets verifiedA pinned judge re-runs research; an operator adjudicates bugs.
You get paidWeight lands on your hotkey only when the result is real.
EMISSION LOCKPROOF · BOUNTYTwo live challenges. Locked regardless of eval digest. Nothing else pays.
PROOF · SCORINGREADYTwo open research topics and a pinned judge. Submissions are accepted today.
BOUNTY · SCORINGPAUSEDThe scoring feed is not connected yet. Reports are politely refused and nobody is paid.
UNMATCHED EMISSIONUID 0Interim burn. Until weights are truly sealed, unmatched emission is burned, not paid.
TWO ARENAS · ONE SEALED BUNDLE

Proof carries the weight. Bounty keeps the product honest.

Two live challenges. There is no third arena: relearn, design and prism have no trust-root row and earn nothing.
/PROOF · REPRODUCIBLE RESEARCH

Beat a sealed baseline with a recipe the judge can re-run.

Bring a claim, the code, the compute you spent and the artifact. Pass gates fail closed: a recipe that does not reproduce pays nothing.

TOPICSOperator-published research briefs, signed. Floors may tighten, never loosen.
JUDGEA pinned judge model re-runs your recipe. You never pick or pay the judge model.
COMPUTEYou bring your own Lium key and pay for the pod. One pinned judge image, always.
Scoring is ready · two open topics. Submissions are accepted and judged today.OPEN /PROOF
/BOUNTY · REAL BUGS

Precision times severity. Not volume.

Pair a dedicated Cortex Chat mining account to your hotkey, find real bugs, write reports an operator can reproduce.

PAIRA dedicated account, the terms accepted, signed with your hotkey.
REPORTUp to 5 open reports, one per 60s, each with real steps.
SCOREROperators price severity. No feed, no pay.
SCORING PAUSED · SAMPLED 2026-09-08OPEN /BOUNTY
FROM YOUR WORK TO YOUR HOTKEY

Six stations. Every one of them fails closed.

Weight only counts once it is sealed and published on chain.
01 · OPERATORA topic is publishedA signed research brief with a sealed baseline to beat.
02 · YOUYou submit a recipeYour claim, your code, the compute you spent.
03 · JUDGEThe judge re-runs itSame pinned image every time. No favourites.
04 · HARNESSThe holdout is measuredAgainst the sealed baseline, on records you never see.
05 · NETWORKScores are sealedOne signed scoreboard for the whole network.
06 · VALIDATORSWeight lands on chainValidators publish the sealed board. Unsealed means burn, not pay.
MOTIONthe coin enters at station 01 and hops right · at 03 and 04 it pauses while the tile blinks twice (verification) · at 05 the tile flashes cream (seal) · at 06 the coin drops into the tile with the coin sfx · if scoring is paused the coin stops at 05 and turns amber
INTERIM · BURN TO UID 0

What this site will not promise you.

A ready light is not a pay cheque. Judging is still partial, submissions live in memory, and automatic payout is not wired yet. Until weights are truly sealed, unmatched emission is burned.

No APY. No TAO price. No payout schedule. Check the Status page before you spend anything.

BURN LEDGER · WHEN NOBODY GETS PAIDCONDITION → RESULT
No sealed weights yetEverything burns to UID 0. Validators publish nothing else until a real seal exists.
Bounty scoring feed not connectedReports are refused and every bounty score stays empty. Nobody is paid.
No open Proof topics, or no pinned judge imageSubmissions are refused. Nothing is stored, nothing is rented, nothing is paid.
Valid bug with no operator severityNot creditable. A bug without a severity cannot be priced, so it cannot pay.
relearn, relearn-image, relearn-agent, relearn-mm, design, prismRetired. No emission, no services. Their old pages answer 404.
START MINING · THREE WAYS IN

Pick the door that fits you.

The Start mining button opens this as a modal from any page. Nothing here asks you to read machine docs first.

With your agent

Copy one prompt into your coding agent or chat assistant. It reads the network guide, picks a challenge with you and does the heavy lifting. Fastest way in.

With your own hands

Register a hotkey on subnet 100, choose Proof or Bounty, check the challenge is scoring today, then submit your work. Four steps, no install wall.

SEE THE FOUR STEPS

Read first

The whitepaper for the why, the docs for the how, and one plain-text page your LLM can read in a single breath: the network guide.

OPEN THE DOCS
SAMPLED 2026-09-08 · LABEL SUBJECT TO CHANGE

The network, as it actually answered.

A snapshot of what the network answered on 2026-09-08. Live values change; the rules do not.
Is it scoring today?
PROOFYes. Submissions are accepted and judged today.
BOUNTYPaused. Reports are refused for now.
Who checks the work?
PROOFA pinned judge image re-runs your recipe. Same image for everyone.
BOUNTYA Cortex operator reproduces the bug and prices its severity.
What is open right now?
PROOFTwo research topics: training without fast fabric, and muon vs AdamW at 10M scale.
BOUNTYUp to 5 open reports per miner, one per minute.
How do I get paid?
PROOFPer topic: winner takes the topic, or every passing discovery shares it. Your score is the sum.
BOUNTYPrecision times severity. Noise never shows on the board.
Are weights sealed yet?
PROOFNot yet. Unmatched emission burns to UID 0 until they are.
BOUNTYOne shared scoreboard; validators never re-run your work.
INSERT COIN

Read the rules. Then beat the baseline.

Two open topics, one pinned judge, and a network that refuses to pay for anything it cannot verify.

READ /DOCS