TrustedStake, a leading staking platform and subnet investment hub, has announced a public pledge to never delegate user funds to weight copying validators — a move designed to promote decentralization and strengthen the integrity of the network.
Weight copying occurs when validators replicate consensus or peer weight assignments instead of conducting independent miner evaluations. While this tactic can maximize rewards with little cost, it undermines the Yuma consensus by concentrating rewards, amplifying errors, and reducing the diversity of opinions that keeps the system robust.
TrustedStake says its intelligent rebalancer not only optimizes for APY and subnet portfolio allocation but also ensures delegation flows only to validators who genuinely contribute to subnet health. Each validator is whitelisted based on metagraph data that identifies honest participants versus copiers.
The timing of this pledge aligns with the rollout of Commit Reveal 3 and Yuma Consensus 3, which have already proven effective in curbing weight copying advantages. These mechanisms, set to become default for new subnets, should accelerate the decline of copycat validators. Still, TrustedStake argues avoiding weight copiers remains vital for long-term network health.
“For our users, this means trust and sustainability,” the company noted. “Staked $TAO supports ecosystem health, while yield remains optimized. The APY gap between weight copiers and non-weight copiers is now negligible thanks to both our balancing system and protocol-level defenses.”
The announcement drew praise across the Bittensor community. mikecontango, Managing Partner at Contango Digital and co-founder of gTAO Ventures, responded:
By pledging to support only honest validators, TrustedStake positions itself as a platform for ethical yield and ecosystem sustainability, aligning with a broader movement inside Bittensor to reward validators who actually evaluate miners, test functionality, and support subnet development.
TrustedStake invites investors to explore its platform at app.trustedstake.ai, emphasizing that “the next wave of Bittensor investing starts here.”
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