Archive - Macrocosmos

Why IOTA is different: Comparing Pretraining, Federated Learning, and Swarm

Subnet 9 has relaunched with a brand new decentralized pretraining setup, but what exactly sets it apart from others on Bittensor?

Jun 26 •

On owner alpha, and funding the fire - Will Squires

A note on Bittensor, dTAO, and the ecosystem - written by Will Squires

Jun 20 •

IOTA: Bittensor's biggest pretraining breakthrough is here

Subnet 9 is now the home to the world's first ever model parallel and data parallel incentivized trustless pretraining protocol - proving Bittensor’s…

Jun 17 •

May 2025

🧩 Inventive Mechanisms 02: Scaling Science, Usability, and Scraping

Macrocosmos x Rowan Scientific. A partnership to advance molecular simulations on SN25 and scale AI-assisted drug discovery.

May 9 •

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How do you build a robust subnet? Four teams share their approach

What does it really take to craft a competition?

May 7 •

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Why is Bittensor flying under the radar - and does it matter?

Bittensor receives less attention than other blockchains, despite its diverse ecosystem and strong community. But that may not be the case for much…

May 2 •

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April 2025

The big ask: What does Bittensor need to do to breakthrough?

Ahead of Bittensor's Endgame summit, we ask six key voices what the protocol needs to do to break out of its bubble and into the mainstream

Apr 25 •

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🧩 Inventive Mechanisms: Protein Docking, MCP, and SDK go live

Our first technical updates newsletter features updates spanning all of our subnets, plus MCP and SDK expanding access with new tools

Apr 21 •

Decentralizing drug discovery: protein docking on SN25

In order to impact medicine, life sciences on the blockchain must incorporate a wider range of the drug discovery process. That's why SN25 now supports…

Apr 8 •

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Data Universe: How to collect real-time data with Gravity

Fresh social media data scraping with no technical knowledge, powered by SN13 - here's how to get started.

Apr 4 •

March 2025

SN1, Apex: Introducing GAN-style activity for cross-miner oversight

The more complex a subnet’s scoring method is, the more likely it is to be exploited. Subnet 1's breakthrough experiment with two types of miners boosts…

Mar 27 •

5 of the best user-built Bittensor apps

A showcase of the Bittensor community’s innovations, from price analytics to mindmaps and chatboards.

Mar 21 •

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