Bittensor raises per-subnet miner cap from 256 to 2,500 in Null Consensus update
richdotca · x · 2026-10-16
Bittensor's Null Consensus update raises the per-subnet miner UID cap from 256 to 2,500. The poster argues the community is overreacting, explaining that subnets like Chutes (64) bypass Yuma consensus as designed, most run their own validators with majority stake via child hotkeying, hardware validators bear extra costs weighing on TAO's price, and subnets like Bitcast (93) already onboarded 256+ miners via workarounds the update now makes native—including fee-free miner registration.