For starters, I’ve run nodes on a bunch of projects outside of Bittensor. All of Mac Studios are never idled and I always convert every rewards I get straight to TAO.
At some point, I wanted to try mining on Templar, DistStateAndMe hits me up offering a week of H100 for free to try around. That was a wake-up call: my machines are practically dust for running any kind of promising Bittensor subnets lol.
Then Proof of Talk happened, with Barbarian announcing MANTIS Subnet (SN 123), flipping the script. Building true high-participation subnet where miners and holders both play a real role. Pure modular.
Here’s the core thing for me on converting my TAO to Mantis: I want my alpha doing more than just sitting staked on validators. I want to put it to work, be part of deciding which signals matter, and be influential based on alpha holding where subnet emissions go. I want to compete my moves along with other holders, have an actual meaning and contribution in this subnet, even only as holders.
I don’t know what magic Barbarian is using to design this subnet, but if we end up earning more alphas from staking towards specific asset signal, that would be the ultimate reason to be part of subnet 123.
Mantis is still in early days, but every time Barbarian drops an update, you can tell this thing is being built for Bittensor from the ground up.
By: MAC
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