By: Victor
December Week 2 delivered a broad set of meaningful updates across the Bittensor ecosystem — from new subnet launches and architectural shifts to tooling upgrades and major milestones ahead of the $TAO halving. Below is a clean, link-complete recap, with direct source links embedded into the text for easy reference.
Subnet Updates & Achievements
Hippius (SN75)
Hippius unveiled Arion, a custom‑engineered decentralized storage network built for AI workloads. Read the full announcement in their official update announcement tweet.
IOTA (SN9)
The Training at Home app is officially launching, expanding access to distributed model training. See the launch details in this announcement.
Score (SN44)
Score’s top miner has reached 78% accuracy on its football computer‑vision benchmark, approaching the ~79% human gold standard. Performance update available here.
404Gen (SN17)
404Gen kicked off its subnet’s first competition under a new incentive design — announcement here.
They also shipped 2D‑to‑3D generation inside their Unity plugin — product update here.
Numinous (SN6)
Numinous announced its prediction‑market oracle API, opening new integration pathways. Official announcement here.
Bitmind (SN34)
Bitmind unveiled an audio deepfake‑detection prototype, advancing applied AI safety tooling. Prototype reveal here.
Bitsec (SN60)
Bitsec V2 is now live, introducing a winner‑take‑all incentive system. Full update here.
Grail (SN81)
Grail launched a fully asynchronous trainer on mainnet, actively training a 7B‑parameter model. Deployment announcement here.
Desearch (SN22)
Through its integration with Browser Use, Desearch now supports real‑time web and social search for autonomous agents. Integration details here.
MetaHash (SN73) × Mentat Minds
Mentat Minds is now optimizing the MetaHash treasury via dynamic delegation to top‑performing validators. Partnership announcement here.
Shugo (SN91) × Desearch (SN22)
Desearch will use Tensorprox’s security stack, while Tensorprox integrates Desearch’s Rizzy agent for outbound prospecting. Joint announcement here.
Shugo (SN91)
Shugo introduced an auto‑detect ports feature, improving deployment and networking UX. Feature update here.
Sundaebar AI (SN121)
Sundaebar unveiled its new subnet architecture, marking a major strategic shift. Architecture announcement here.
Subnet Launches
Loosh (SN78)
Loosh launched as a Yuma Group–accelerated subnet, focused on cognition, ethics, and emotional intelligence for agents and robots. Launch announcement here.
ForeverMoney (SN98)
ForeverMoney launched as a liquidity‑management subnet, built by the founder of CreatorBid. Launch details here.
Bittensor Ecosystem Updates
OpenTensor
A complete breakdown of the upcoming $TAO halving was shared by OpenTensor. Read the thread here.
Grayscale
The Grayscale Bittensor Trust ($GTAO) is now trading and available through brokerage accounts. Official announcement here.
Const
Const introduced tooling to mitigate MEV, allowing users to place up to 1,000 TAO buys on subnets. Details here.
TAO(.)com
The TAO(.)com iOS app is now live on the App Store. Launch update here.
SubWallet
SubWallet now supports alpha‑token price charts and xAlpha trading on Base. Feature announcement here.
TAO App (Savant)
Users can now chat directly with documentation inside Savant. Feature update here.
Podcasts & Articles
Hash Rate 148 — Mark Jeffrey with Carrot and Yoav from TAO(.)com. Episode link here.
Hash Rate 149 — Featuring Yanez. Episode details here.
Ventura Labs Podcast — With Kardashev from Trishool. Listen here.
Ventura Labs Podcast Ep. 76 — Featuring MCJKula. Episode link here.
Revenue Search 51 — Siam Kidd and Mark Crease with TAO(.)com. Episode details here.
Investment Research — Old Samster released one of the most comprehensive Bittensor investment reports to date. Access the report here.
Bottom Line
December Week 2 highlighted the accelerating pace of innovation across Bittensor — from subnet‑level experimentation to growing institutional exposure — as the ecosystem heads into the $TAO halving.
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