- Abstract
- Introduction
- Goals
- Roles
- Subtensor & Bittensor
- Incentive Mechanism
- Value Proposition
- Team Composition
- Road Map
- Credits
- Conclusion
- Machine Requirements
- Fast Setup and Run
- Installation
- Registering your wallet
- Running a Miner
- Running a Validator
- Releases
- Troubleshooting
- License
SubVortex introduces an incentivized and decentralized network of subtensor nodes that are pivotal elements within the Bittensor ecosystem. This delineates the structure, objectives, and mechanisms of SubVortex, aiming to foster decentralization, stability, and efficient resource allocation within the broader Bittensor network.
Subtensor nodes play a vital role in the Bittensor network, governing various aspects such as incentivization, governance, and network health. SubVortex aims to enhance the decentralization and functionality of Bittensor by establishing an incentivized network of subtensors. This whitepaper describes the goals, roles, and operational phases of SubVortex, outlining its contribution and value proposition to the Bittensor ecosystem.
SubVortex aspires to set the standard for subnets, prioritizing the following objectives:
- Accessibility - Ensuring round-the-clock availability and responsive support for miners and validators.
- Simplicity - Streamlining setup and updates for miners and validators, fostering ease of participation regardless of prior knowledge and technical skills.
- Low Barrier to Entry: Facilitating entry into Bittensor mining with minimal hardware requirements and offering fair incentives.
- Continuous Enhancement - Committing to ongoing improvements through a comprehensive roadmap.
Responsible for setting up subtensor nodes and enabling connectivity for public peers. Ownership validation of subtensors by miners is crucial for network speed, decentralization, and integrity.
Tasked with setting up Redis instances to gather miner information, validate subtensor ownership, and compute metrics for fair rewards.
Validator has some operational phases:
- Subtensor Phase: Focuses on verifying miner ownership of local subtensor nodes through connectivity checks.
- Metric Phase: Gathers diverse metrics such as download/upload speeds, latency, and geographical data to assess miner performance.
- Reward System: Scores miners based on availability, latency, reliability, and global distribution, promoting network health and efficiency.
Subtensor serves as the foundation of the Bittensor network, facilitating decentralized consensus, incentivization, staking, and governance. Its role in orchestrating the decentralized machine learning marketplace is indispensable, ensuring integrity, trust, and quality within the ecosystem.
Local Subtensor Deployment:
Running subtensors locally offers advantages in speed, reliability, and control over accessibility compared to the public Finney node. It enhances decentralization by empowering miners to manage their subtensor nodes efficiently.
SubVortex's incentive mechanism will score miners based on multiple criteria of their subtensor node:
- Availability - Subtensor nodes must be reliable to ensure good uptime.
- Latency - Subtensor nodes must be efficient to ensure good performance.
- Reliability and Stability - Subtensor nodes must be efficient to ensure good service quality.
- Global distribution - Subtensor nodes must be worldwide to ensure a good reach.
The final score used to set the weight is an average of all these scores and will replace 5% of the weight of the previous weights.
This reward incentivizes miners to maintain high levels of uptime and accessibility.
To assign a score for each miner, we will establish a connection with the subtensor and retrieve the current block. The score will be determined by the success of getting that block.
This reward incentivizes miners to low-latency services and minimizes response times.
To assign a score to each miner, we will establish a connection with the subtensor and retrieve the current block. The score will be determined by the time taken to process that request, using a normalized method as part of the reward system.
The validator can be in a different country than the miner, so we will incorporate a distance-based weighting factor into the scoring formula.
This reward incentivizes miners to have high levels of reliability and minimize the occurrence and impact of failures.
To assign a score to each miner, we will establish a connection with the subtensor and retrieve the current block. The score will be determined by computing the ratio of successes/attempts, using a normalized method as part of the reward system.
This reward incentivizes miners to effectively distribute subtensors across different geographical locations to optimize performance and reduce latency for a better subnet experience.
SubVortex enriches the Bittensor ecosystem by providing an alternative to the Finney network and promoting decentralization, reliability, and efficiency. It offers miners and validators a seamless experience with low barriers to entry and continuous support.
The team comprises individuals with diverse backgrounds and extensive experience in crypto, software development, engineering, business, and data management. The SubVortex team ensures robust support and continuous improvement for the network.
Team responsabilities
- EclipseVortex - Development and technology
- Ch3RNØbØG - Operations and business development
- tww9 - Strategy and public relations
- HcL-CO - QA Lead and support
Team timezone
- EclipseVortex - GMT (United-Kingdom)
- Ch3RNØbØG - CST (USA)
- tww9 - MST (Canada)
- HcL-CO - EST (Canada)
- Create a subnet in testnet and perform internal testing of the incentive mechanism
- Register subnet on mainnet
- Release preliminary information publicly
- Internal testing on mainnet. Bug fixes, etc.
- Public launch and allow key registrations.
- Performance-based emission structure
- Public Frontend
- Public Backend
- Public SubVortex load balancer
Note: The Road Map will be updated if there are any changes
Bittensor technology is still new and promising, and participants are eager to support each other. That's why the SubVortex team would like to express our gratitude to everyone who has helped us reach where we are today:
- Bittensor: for providing a subnet template that enabled us to quickly set up our subnet.
- Subtensor: for their local subtensor, scripts, and invaluable assistance.
- Subnet Storage (SN21): for their excellent subnet design, which adheres to best practices and simplifies the lives of developers.
- Users: YES!!! Without you, we are nothing, and our vision to advance this new technology would never have materialized.
- Others: undoubtedly, there are many other contributors deserving of recognition, and we look forward to acknowledging them in the future.
Please don't hesitate to reach out if we've inadvertently omitted anyone, and you'd like us to give them a special shout-out on our GitHub!
In conclusion, SubVortex stands as a cornerstone in the evolution of the Bittensor network, incentivizing decentralization, reliability, and accessibility. Through its innovative approach and robust infrastructure, SubVortex aims to catalyze the growth and sustainability of the decentralized machine-learning ecosystem that is Bittensor.
In terms of Operation System, you have to follow the requirements
- Ubuntu (>= 22.04)
- Others - please share with us to update our docs.
For miner, you need a CPU machine (no GPU needed!) with the same requirements as a local subtensor. Go to the Subtensor github for more information;.
For more information, take a look on the min requirements
IMPORTANT: take a look at the Incentive Mechanism to understand better where you can play to get the best miner. To summarize, you need to be available, reliable, and present in various geographical locations with low latency.
For validator, you need a CPU machine (no GPU needed!).
For more information, take a look on the min requirements
For a quick and seamless setup, we provide a comprehensive script that installs and runs a miner or validator, taking care of everything from installation to execution.
IMPORTANT
To use the full script, you have to follow the steps to install the subnet (EXCEPT executing subnet_setup.sh) by following the Subnet guide
Be sure you are in the SubVortex directory, if not
cd SubVortex
Then, you can run the script
./scripts/setup_and_run.sh -t miner
IMPORTANT
- If you any prompts, just confirm them
- Other options are available, pleaser take a look
Check the available options by running
./scripts/setup_and_run.sh -h
Once the script is successfully executed, you'll have a miner up and running—nothing else required!
Of course, if you have specific settings in mind, you can use this script as a base and update anything you want to tailor your experience to your needs.
Finally, if you prefer setup and run the miner in a more controlled way, you can follow the different sections below.
IMPORTANT
To use the full script, you have to follow the steps to install the subnet (EXCEPT executing subnet_setup.sh) by following the Subnet guide
Be sure you are in the SubVortex directory, if not
cd SubVortex
Then, you can run the script
./scripts/setup_and_run.sh -t validator
Check the available options by running
./scripts/setup_and_run.sh -h
Once the script is successfully executed, you'll have a validator up and running—nothing else required!
Of course, if you have specific settings in mind, you can use this script as a base and update anything you want to tailor your experience to your needs.
Finally, if you prefer setup and run the validator in a more controlled way, you can follow the different sections below.
- Local Subtensor is mandatory for all miners, and highly recommended for validators.
- Validators will need to install and configure Redis
To install the subnet, refer to the Subnet guide
To install a local subtensor, refer to the Subtensor guide
To install redis, refer to the Redis guide
To install wandb, refer to the Wandb guide
In order to run either a miner or a validator, you will need to have a wallet registered to the subnet. If you do not already have wallet set up on the server, following the steps below:
If you are restoring an existing wallet:
btcli w regen_coldkey --wallet.name YOUR_WALLET_NAME
btcli w regen_hotkey --wallet.name YOUR_WALLET_NAME --wallet.hotkey YOUR_HOTKEY_NAME
If you are creating the wallet for the first time:
btcli w new_coldkey --wallet.name YOUR_WALLET_NAME
btcli w new_hotkey --wallet.name YOUR_WALLET_NAME --wallet.hotkey YOUR_HOTKEY_NAME
Once your wallet is ready, ensure you have sufficient funds to register to the subnet. To register, use the following command:
btcli s register --netuid <SUBNET_UID> --subtensor.network local --wallet.name YOUR_WALLET_NAME --wallet.hotkey YOUR_HOTKEY_NAME
Once you have successfully registered your wallet, you are now ready to start either your miner or validator.
IMPORTANT: Before running a miner, be sure you have a local subtensor up and running. Please see the Subtensor guide for more details.
IMPORTANT: wandb IS NOT for miners, ONLY FOR validators.
To run a miner, navigate to the SubVortex directory. It is highly recommended to run via a process manager like PM2.
pm2 start neurons/miner.py \
--name MINER_NAME \
--interpreter <PATH_TO_PYTHON_LIBRARY> -- \
--netuid <SUBNET_UID> \
--subtensor.network local \
--wallet.name YOUR_WALLET_NAME \
--wallet.hotkey YOUR_HOTKEY_NAME \
--logging.debug
IMPORTANT: Do not run more than one miner per machine. Running multiple miners will result in the loss of incentive and emissions on all miners.
IMPORTANT: Before running a validator, be sure you have a redis up and running. Please see the Redis guide for more details.
IMPORTANT: By default wandb is enabled when running a validator. It is HIGHLY RECOMMANDED to not disable it as it enables everyone to access various statistics for better performance on the subnet but if you want to do it, just add
--wandb.offto the followed pm2 command. If you want to keep wandb enabled, please refer to the Wandb guide for more details as there are some manually steps to go throught before running the validator.
Please use
--database.index <INDEX>if you have multiple subnet sharing the same redis instance and the index 1 (default value) is already taken by another subnet
Similar to running a miner in the above section, navigate to the SubVortex directory and run the following to launch in PM2.
pm2 start neurons/validator.py \
--name VALIDATOR_NAME \
--interpreter <PATH_TO_PYTHON_LIBRARY> -- \
--netuid <SUBNET_UID> \
--wallet.name YOUR_WALLET_NAME \
--wallet.hotkey YOUR_HOTKEY_NAME \
--logging.debug
NOTE: if you run a validator in testnet do not forget to add the argument
--subtensor.network testor--subtensor.chain_endpoint ws://<LOCAL_SUBTENSOR_IP>:9944(the local subtensor has to target the network testnet)
NOTE: to access the wandb UI to get statistics about the miners, you can click on this link and choose the validator run you want.
Error: Service(Client(RuntimeApiError(UnknownBlock("State already discarded for 0x2f0555cc76fc2840a25a6ea3b9637146806f1f44b090c175ffde2a7e5ab36c03"))))
To resolve the above error, you have to purge your chain by running
$HOME/subtensor/target/release/node-subtensor purge-chain -y --base-path <BASE_PATH> --chain="<CHAIN>"
Options
BASE_PATH is the path used to store the state of blockahin, the default value to use is /tmp/blockchain.
CHAIN is the chain you want to use, ./raw_spec.json for maintest and ./raw_testspec.json for testnet.
Once the state has been purge, you can re-execute the subtensor start script $HOME/SubVortex/scripts/subtensor/start.sh via a procedd manager or not. See the section Install Subtensor
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