Person. Bittensor Guru · The Guru

Keith Singery

Host of the Bittensor Guru, the longest-running subnet-by-subnet interview podcast in the ecosystem, who ran the sixth-largest validator until it became the TAO.com validator in March 2025 and now speaks as TAO.com's Chief Evangelist.

PersonHost, Bittensor Guru podcast; validator operator; Chief Evangelist, TAO.com (Tensora) from March 2025Bittensor Guru podcast; TAO.com (Tensora)active since 2023@KeithSingery

The Bittensor Guru focuses on Bittensor, the project that combines artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to create an incentivized marketplace for machine learning. This podcast covers the Bittensor ecosystem, community, projects, developments and much more. Hosted by Keith Singery, a Bittensor enthusiast who runs a validator and volunteers as a moderator on the project's official Discord server.

2023 · in context

In their words, by era

Every quote is verbatim and dated. The reading above each era is written from the cited quotes only. Numbers link to the quote they cite.

Revolutionlate 2023 to early 2025 · 12 quotes

From the show's launch in late 2023 he frames Bittensor with the foundation's own words, an incentivized marketplace for machine learning, and speaks as a validator and Discord moderator 001. His episode copy sells the network one subnet at a time, by team pedigree and scale [keith-singery-002, keith-singery-008], and he reads deregistration as pruning before an explosion of subnets 004.

marketplace
2023

The Bittensor Guru focuses on Bittensor, the project that combines artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to create an incentivized marketplace for machine learning. This podcast covers the Bittensor ecosystem, community, projects, developments and much more. Hosted by Keith Singery, a Bittensor enthusiast who runs a validator and volunteers as a moderator on the project's official Discord server.

The standing show description he wrote for the podcast when it launched on Apple Podcasts and Libsyn in late 2023; the same text is still carried by every directory.

What they call itTheir stake in itWho they addressmarketplace
6 Apr 2024

Bittensor is home to two subnets formed by members of a team that has introduced more than 150 million users to AI.

His episode description for Episode 22 on Omega Labs (subnet 24) and WOMBO (subnet 30), pitching the guests by the size of their prior user base.

6 Apr 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
The proof they point toWhy now
14 Apr 2024

Subnet 24 on Bittensor is an always-on trading competition between 200+ rotating miners brought to you by the Taoshi team.

His episode description for the Proprietary Trading Network episode; the title says Subnet 8 while the description text says Subnet 24, which is how he wrote it.

14 Apr 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN8What you getHow they soundcompetition
15 Apr 2024

And now, with the intelligence of the people participating in the network — they are going in and pruning out the subnets that didn't really grow into an effective branch that is contributing to the overall project. Once that is done — what you'll see is an explosion of subnets on Bittensor

Quoted in a Genfinity explainer where he was asked, as a validator, about subnet deregistration and where the network goes next.

15 Apr 2024 · Genfinityarticlesecondhandlive
Why nowWhy believe themWhat you getpruningexplosion
5 May 2024

Bittensor Guru Episode 28 - Subnet 16 http://BitAds.ai by @firsttensor is up! S16 miners are advertising nodes … a monster idea that has much wider implications (Global Turing Test?!)

His X post announcing the BitAds episode, which he quoted again the next day with audio links; reached through the fxtwitter mirror of the post.

5 May 2024 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN16How they soundWhy nowturing test
8 May 2024

The Subvortex team joins the Bittensor Guru to share how they've increased network decentralization.

His episode description for the Subnet 7 Subvortex episode.

8 May 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN7What you getWhat it stands for
24 May 2024

Sturdy uses their subnet as a crowdsourced yield optimization engine.

His episode description for the Subnet 10 Sturdy episode with Sam Forman.

24 May 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN10What you getengine
10 Jun 2024

With Subnet 12 - Compute Horde recently eclipsing 1000 GPUs and breaking all known limits of subnet design.

Opening line of his episode description for the Compute Horde episode with Rhef.

10 Jun 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN12The proof they point toHow they sound
19 Jun 2024

Frank has been a force for good in the Bittensor ecosystem for a long time.

His episode description introducing Frank from the Rizzo validator for the Subnet 20 BitAgent episode, the last of season one.

19 Jun 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
How they soundWho they address
11 Nov 2024

We're back baby! Season 2 of the Bittensor Guru is finally here and we're dropping the first episode.

His episode description for the Season 2 launch with Macrocosmos after a five-month break.

11 Nov 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
How they sound
27 Nov 2024

Ben-Zion and the team … are making waves in Bittensor again with their new Subnet 36 Pyramid Scheme.

His episode description for the WOMBO episode; the directory page strips the linked team name, marked here with an ellipsis.

27 Nov 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN36How they soundwaves
1 Jan 2025

SignalPlus and team went into this crowded category anyway and have set a new bar for competitive investment strategies.

His episode description for the Subnet 53 Efficient Frontier episode, on a trading subnet entering a field he calls crowded.

1 Jan 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN53How they soundWhat you get

Dynamic TAO2025 to mid 2026 · 9 quotes

After his validator became the TAO.com validator he speaks as an evangelist relaying subnet evaluations [keith-singery-013, keith-singery-014]. The register gets louder and more partisan, picking Ridges as the most Bittensory subnet and coining code is intelligence [keith-singery-017, keith-singery-018], and by December 2025 the pitch to listeners is that anyone can mine on hardware they already own 021.

home run

Shift From neutral host and validator to affiliated evangelist; from marketplace framing to open-competition slogans; the pruning expectation becomes a hosts' paraphrase that deregistration will shred 40 to 50 subnets [keith-singery-019].

Mar 2025

The Bittensor Guru Podcast continues with a new focus on sharing results from TAO.com's subnet evaluations team with the community.

The updated show description after the validator became the TAO.com validator, as surfaced by the podcast directory listing in search; the Spotify page itself did not render.

Mar 2025 · Bittensor Guru on Spotifypodcastsecondhandlive
Their stake in itWho they address
20 Mar 2025

The Bittensor Guru Validator is now the TAO.com validator!!! It's been one hell of a run

His X post on the day Tensora announced it had acquired his validator, quoted in the blocmates report on the deal.

20 Mar 2025 · blocmatesarticlesecondhandlive
Their stake in itHow they sound
28 Mar 2025

Think AutoML on Bittensor and you're on the right track but still selling this group way short.

His episode description for the Gradients (subnet 56) episode with wanderingweights, explaining the subnet to a newcomer by analogy.

28 Mar 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN56What you getHow they soundWho they address
21 Jul 2025

Bittensor's home run swing at distributed training and compute explained by it's charismatic leader himself. $TAO

His X post announcing the episode with Sam from Templar (subnet 3) and Basilica (subnet 39); reached through the fxtwitter mirror.

21 Jul 2025 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN3The proof they point toWhy nowHow they soundhome run
26 Jul 2025

Most Bittensory subnet there is. Code is intelligence man! Unlocks open source models, wide open, winner-take-all, @chutes_ai & @TargonCompute integration, UID-less mining. What else do you need? $TAO

His X post announcing the Ridges (subnet 62) episode, listing what he thinks makes a subnet most like Bittensor itself; reached through the fxtwitter mirror.

26 Jul 2025 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN62Their words for thingsWhat makes it differentHow they soundWhat joining says about you
2 Aug 2025

Subnet 62 Ridges is on a tear the last month and has now cracked the top 15 subnets. Join me and owner Shakeel on this pod as we jam on all things 62. This is one of my favorite new projects on Bittensor and has a great chance to disrupt AI coding.

His episode description for the Ridges episode, the same subnet he had called the most Bittensory a week earlier.

2 Aug 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcast · archiveverifiedlive
SN62The proof they point toHow they soundWhy now
27 Sep 2025

deregistration will shred 40–50 subnets, only the strongest teams will survive, and price charts are a distraction compared to what holders and builders are doing.

The hosts' episode description paraphrasing what he said as a guest on Revenue Search: Inside Bittensor with Siam Kidd and Mark Creaser; the wording is theirs, not his, and no transcript was reached.

27 Sep 2025 · Revenue Search: Inside Bittensorpodcastunconfirmedlive
What it stands forWho they addressWhat is at risk
18 Nov 2025

Inference Labs is pioneering zkML applications in AI with Subnet 2 Omron and DSperse. Dan and Hudson join to take me through what they've built and how it applies to much more than proof of inference.

His episode description for the second Omron episode.

18 Nov 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Apple Podcasts)podcast · archiveverifiedlive
SN2What you get
2 Dec 2025

Anyone can now mine on Bittensor using hardware you already own by contributing compute to IOTA's global training cluster, the world's first permissionless pipeline parallel training architecture.

His episode description for the Macrocosmos IOTA announcement on subnet 9, addressed to would-be miners.

2 Dec 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Apple Podcasts)podcast · archiveverifiedlive
SN9Who they addressWhat you getThe proof they point to

The framework

A brand strategy skeleton turned on the speaker: not what Bittensor's brand is, but what this voice's Bittensor is. Slots with no evidence are left out rather than filled.

1. Foundation

What they say it is for, the world it builds, what it stands for.

Values

He praises subnets for increasing decentralisation and, in a hosts' paraphrase, treats price charts as a distraction next to what holders and builders do.

8 May 2024

The Subvortex team joins the Bittensor Guru to share how they've increased network decentralization.

8 May 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN7What you getWhat it stands for
27 Sep 2025

deregistration will shred 40–50 subnets, only the strongest teams will survive, and price charts are a distraction compared to what holders and builders are doing.

27 Sep 2025 · Revenue Search: Inside Bittensorpodcastunconfirmedlive
What it stands forWho they addressWhat is at risk

2. The problem

What is broken that Bittensor answers, in their telling.

Institutional

No synthesis written; statements tagged to this slot are below.

27 Sep 2025

deregistration will shred 40–50 subnets, only the strongest teams will survive, and price charts are a distraction compared to what holders and builders are doing.

27 Sep 2025 · Revenue Search: Inside Bittensorpodcastunconfirmedlive
What it stands forWho they addressWhat is at risk

3. The opportunity

The tailwinds they cite.

Tailwinds

He expects deregistration to prune weak subnets and then an explosion of new ones, and reads distributed training and AI coding subnets as the network's big swings.

15 Apr 2024

And now, with the intelligence of the people participating in the network — they are going in and pruning out the subnets that didn't really grow into an effective branch that is contributing to the overall project. Once that is done — what you'll see is an explosion of subnets on Bittensor

15 Apr 2024 · Genfinityarticlesecondhandlive
Why nowWhy believe themWhat you getpruningexplosion
21 Jul 2025

Bittensor's home run swing at distributed training and compute explained by it's charismatic leader himself. $TAO

21 Jul 2025 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN3The proof they point toWhy nowHow they soundhome run
2 Aug 2025

Subnet 62 Ridges is on a tear the last month and has now cracked the top 15 subnets. Join me and owner Shakeel on this pod as we jam on all things 62. This is one of my favorite new projects on Bittensor and has a great chance to disrupt AI coding.

2 Aug 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcast · archiveverifiedlive
SN62The proof they point toHow they soundWhy now
2 more tagged statements
6 Apr 2024

Bittensor is home to two subnets formed by members of a team that has introduced more than 150 million users to AI.

6 Apr 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
The proof they point toWhy now
5 May 2024

Bittensor Guru Episode 28 - Subnet 16 http://BitAds.ai by @firsttensor is up! S16 miners are advertising nodes … a monster idea that has much wider implications (Global Turing Test?!)

5 May 2024 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN16How they soundWhy nowturing test

4. Audience

Who they talk to and what they tell them.

Audiences

He addresses the community and would-be miners subnet by subnet, translating each project into a one-line hook and, at the end of 2025, telling listeners anyone can now mine on hardware they already own.

2023

The Bittensor Guru focuses on Bittensor, the project that combines artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to create an incentivized marketplace for machine learning. This podcast covers the Bittensor ecosystem, community, projects, developments and much more. Hosted by Keith Singery, a Bittensor enthusiast who runs a validator and volunteers as a moderator on the project's official Discord server.

What they call itTheir stake in itWho they addressmarketplace
28 Mar 2025

Think AutoML on Bittensor and you're on the right track but still selling this group way short.

28 Mar 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN56What you getHow they soundWho they address
2 Dec 2025

Anyone can now mine on Bittensor using hardware you already own by contributing compute to IOTA's global training cluster, the world's first permissionless pipeline parallel training architecture.

2 Dec 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Apple Podcasts)podcast · archiveverifiedlive
SN9Who they addressWhat you getThe proof they point to
27 Sep 2025

deregistration will shred 40–50 subnets, only the strongest teams will survive, and price charts are a distraction compared to what holders and builders are doing.

27 Sep 2025 · Revenue Search: Inside Bittensorpodcastunconfirmedlive
What it stands forWho they addressWhat is at risk
2 more tagged statements
19 Jun 2024

Frank has been a force for good in the Bittensor ecosystem for a long time.

19 Jun 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
How they soundWho they address
Mar 2025

The Bittensor Guru Podcast continues with a new focus on sharing results from TAO.com's subnet evaluations team with the community.

Mar 2025 · Bittensor Guru on Spotifypodcastsecondhandlive
Their stake in itWho they address

6. Positioning statement

Category frame, differentiator, reason to believe.

Category frame

Bittensor is an incentivized marketplace for machine learning, a project that combines AI and blockchain; he keeps the foundation's marketplace frame rather than coining his own.

2023

The Bittensor Guru focuses on Bittensor, the project that combines artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to create an incentivized marketplace for machine learning. This podcast covers the Bittensor ecosystem, community, projects, developments and much more. Hosted by Keith Singery, a Bittensor enthusiast who runs a validator and volunteers as a moderator on the project's official Discord server.

What they call itTheir stake in itWho they addressmarketplace

Differentiator

What is most Bittensor-like to him is open source models, wide-open winner-take-all competition and permissionless mining, summed up as code is intelligence.

26 Jul 2025

Most Bittensory subnet there is. Code is intelligence man! Unlocks open source models, wide open, winner-take-all, @chutes_ai & @TargonCompute integration, UID-less mining. What else do you need? $TAO

26 Jul 2025 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN62Their words for thingsWhat makes it differentHow they soundWhat joining says about you

Reason to believe

No synthesis written; statements tagged to this slot are below.

15 Apr 2024

And now, with the intelligence of the people participating in the network — they are going in and pruning out the subnets that didn't really grow into an effective branch that is contributing to the overall project. Once that is done — what you'll see is an explosion of subnets on Bittensor

15 Apr 2024 · Genfinityarticlesecondhandlive
Why nowWhy believe themWhat you getpruningexplosion

7. Value proposition

The benefit they claim, the feeling they sell, what joining says about you.

Functional

The concrete benefit is always a working subnet: a trading competition, a yield engine, decentralised infrastructure, AutoML, zkML, distributed training.

14 Apr 2024

Subnet 24 on Bittensor is an always-on trading competition between 200+ rotating miners brought to you by the Taoshi team.

14 Apr 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN8What you getHow they soundcompetition
8 May 2024

The Subvortex team joins the Bittensor Guru to share how they've increased network decentralization.

8 May 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN7What you getWhat it stands for
24 May 2024

Sturdy uses their subnet as a crowdsourced yield optimization engine.

24 May 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN10What you getengine
28 Mar 2025

Think AutoML on Bittensor and you're on the right track but still selling this group way short.

28 Mar 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN56What you getHow they soundWho they address
18 Nov 2025

Inference Labs is pioneering zkML applications in AI with Subnet 2 Omron and DSperse. Dan and Hudson join to take me through what they've built and how it applies to much more than proof of inference.

18 Nov 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Apple Podcasts)podcast · archiveverifiedlive
SN2What you get
3 more tagged statements
15 Apr 2024

And now, with the intelligence of the people participating in the network — they are going in and pruning out the subnets that didn't really grow into an effective branch that is contributing to the overall project. Once that is done — what you'll see is an explosion of subnets on Bittensor

15 Apr 2024 · Genfinityarticlesecondhandlive
Why nowWhy believe themWhat you getpruningexplosion
1 Jan 2025

SignalPlus and team went into this crowded category anyway and have set a new bar for competitive investment strategies.

1 Jan 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN53How they soundWhat you get
2 Dec 2025

Anyone can now mine on Bittensor using hardware you already own by contributing compute to IOTA's global training cluster, the world's first permissionless pipeline parallel training architecture.

2 Dec 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Apple Podcasts)podcast · archiveverifiedlive
SN9Who they addressWhat you getThe proof they point to

Self-expressive

Being into the most Bittensory subnet signals being a true believer in open, winner-take-all competition.

26 Jul 2025

Most Bittensory subnet there is. Code is intelligence man! Unlocks open source models, wide open, winner-take-all, @chutes_ai & @TargonCompute integration, UID-less mining. What else do you need? $TAO

26 Jul 2025 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN62Their words for thingsWhat makes it differentHow they soundWhat joining says about you

8. Messaging hierarchy

The line they repeat and the proof they point to.

Proof

His evidence is scale and pedigree: teams that brought 150 million users to AI, a subnet past 1000 GPUs, a subnet cracking the top 15, a permissionless training cluster.

6 Apr 2024

Bittensor is home to two subnets formed by members of a team that has introduced more than 150 million users to AI.

6 Apr 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
The proof they point toWhy now
10 Jun 2024

With Subnet 12 - Compute Horde recently eclipsing 1000 GPUs and breaking all known limits of subnet design.

10 Jun 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN12The proof they point toHow they sound
2 Aug 2025

Subnet 62 Ridges is on a tear the last month and has now cracked the top 15 subnets. Join me and owner Shakeel on this pod as we jam on all things 62. This is one of my favorite new projects on Bittensor and has a great chance to disrupt AI coding.

2 Aug 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcast · archiveverifiedlive
SN62The proof they point toHow they soundWhy now
2 Dec 2025

Anyone can now mine on Bittensor using hardware you already own by contributing compute to IOTA's global training cluster, the world's first permissionless pipeline parallel training architecture.

2 Dec 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Apple Podcasts)podcast · archiveverifiedlive
SN9Who they addressWhat you getThe proof they point to
1 more tagged statement
21 Jul 2025

Bittensor's home run swing at distributed training and compute explained by it's charismatic leader himself. $TAO

21 Jul 2025 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN3The proof they point toWhy nowHow they soundhome run

9. Voice

Register more than claim.

Voice

Boosterish, slangy and personal: we're back baby, on a tear, jam on all things 62, code is intelligence man.

11 Nov 2024

We're back baby! Season 2 of the Bittensor Guru is finally here and we're dropping the first episode.

11 Nov 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
How they sound
26 Jul 2025

Most Bittensory subnet there is. Code is intelligence man! Unlocks open source models, wide open, winner-take-all, @chutes_ai & @TargonCompute integration, UID-less mining. What else do you need? $TAO

26 Jul 2025 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN62Their words for thingsWhat makes it differentHow they soundWhat joining says about you
2 Aug 2025

Subnet 62 Ridges is on a tear the last month and has now cracked the top 15 subnets. Join me and owner Shakeel on this pod as we jam on all things 62. This is one of my favorite new projects on Bittensor and has a great chance to disrupt AI coding.

2 Aug 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcast · archiveverifiedlive
SN62The proof they point toHow they soundWhy now
19 Jun 2024

Frank has been a force for good in the Bittensor ecosystem for a long time.

19 Jun 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
How they soundWho they address
8 more tagged statements
14 Apr 2024

Subnet 24 on Bittensor is an always-on trading competition between 200+ rotating miners brought to you by the Taoshi team.

14 Apr 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN8What you getHow they soundcompetition
5 May 2024

Bittensor Guru Episode 28 - Subnet 16 http://BitAds.ai by @firsttensor is up! S16 miners are advertising nodes … a monster idea that has much wider implications (Global Turing Test?!)

5 May 2024 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN16How they soundWhy nowturing test
10 Jun 2024

With Subnet 12 - Compute Horde recently eclipsing 1000 GPUs and breaking all known limits of subnet design.

10 Jun 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN12The proof they point toHow they sound
27 Nov 2024

Ben-Zion and the team … are making waves in Bittensor again with their new Subnet 36 Pyramid Scheme.

27 Nov 2024 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN36How they soundwaves
1 Jan 2025

SignalPlus and team went into this crowded category anyway and have set a new bar for competitive investment strategies.

1 Jan 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN53How they soundWhat you get
20 Mar 2025

The Bittensor Guru Validator is now the TAO.com validator!!! It's been one hell of a run

20 Mar 2025 · blocmatesarticlesecondhandlive
Their stake in itHow they sound
28 Mar 2025

Think AutoML on Bittensor and you're on the right track but still selling this group way short.

28 Mar 2025 · Bittensor Guru (Libsyn)podcastverifiedlive
SN56What you getHow they soundWho they address
21 Jul 2025

Bittensor's home run swing at distributed training and compute explained by it's charismatic leader himself. $TAO

21 Jul 2025 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN3The proof they point toWhy nowHow they soundhome run

Words they use

incentivized marketplacesubnetminersvalidatorecosystemcommunitywinner-take-allopen sourcepermissionlessdecentralizationon a tearmonster idea

Words they avoid

commoditydigital commodityYuma consensusroot network

10. Narrator and network

How they describe their own relation to it.

Relationship

He speaks as an enthusiast who runs a validator and moderates the official Discord, then from March 2025 as the host whose validator became the TAO.com validator and whose show relays TAO.com's subnet evaluations.

2023

The Bittensor Guru focuses on Bittensor, the project that combines artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to create an incentivized marketplace for machine learning. This podcast covers the Bittensor ecosystem, community, projects, developments and much more. Hosted by Keith Singery, a Bittensor enthusiast who runs a validator and volunteers as a moderator on the project's official Discord server.

What they call itTheir stake in itWho they addressmarketplace
Mar 2025

The Bittensor Guru Podcast continues with a new focus on sharing results from TAO.com's subnet evaluations team with the community.

Mar 2025 · Bittensor Guru on Spotifypodcastsecondhandlive
Their stake in itWho they address
20 Mar 2025

The Bittensor Guru Validator is now the TAO.com validator!!! It's been one hell of a run

20 Mar 2025 · blocmatesarticlesecondhandlive
Their stake in itHow they sound

11. Language conventions

What they call things, and refuse to call them.

Terms

He coins Bittensory as an adjective for a subnet that embodies the network's design.

26 Jul 2025

Most Bittensory subnet there is. Code is intelligence man! Unlocks open source models, wide open, winner-take-all, @chutes_ai & @TargonCompute integration, UID-less mining. What else do you need? $TAO

26 Jul 2025 · @KeithSingery on Xx · archiveverifiedmanual
SN62Their words for thingsWhat makes it differentHow they soundWhat joining says about you

Coinages

Bittensory
Adjective for a subnet that fully embodies Bittensor's design: open source, wide open, winner-take-all, permissionless mining. 017
Code is intelligence
His slogan for why an AI coding subnet is the purest expression of a network that pays for intelligence. 017

Relations

Who they agree with, borrow from, or argue against, with the quote that shows it.

  • introduces Ridges (SN62) · Names Ridges the most Bittensory subnet and gives it a full episode. 017
  • agrees Sami Kassab · Both pick Ridges as the proof case in the same quarter; Sami's Ridges memo appeared on 2025-09-23. 018
  • introduces IOTA (SN9) · Relays Macrocosmos' IOTA launch as the moment anyone can mine. 021
  • Sami Kassab agrees this voice · Keith named Ridges the most Bittensory subnet in July 2025; both use it as the proof case.

Shared frames

  • competition shared with Affine (SN120), BitMind (SN34), Hippius (SN75), Minos (SN107), Ridges (SN62)
  • marketplace shared with Mark Jeffrey, Ridges (SN62), Targon (SN4), Gradients (SN56)
  • engine shared with BitMind (SN34)
  • explosion shared with Mark Jeffrey

Subnets they speak for or about

Appearances

Public appearances on the record, whether or not a quote was taken.

  • 2023-12-04 Bittensor | AMA Hosted by Siam Kidd with Keith Singery YouTube (Siam Kidd) · youtube · Early AMA as a validator and Discord moderator; the YouTube page did not render a description or transcript in this session.
  • 2024-02-21 Bittensor Guru: Own your intelligence with Keith Singery In Plaintext Podcast (Phil Bonello and Fran Oliva-Velez) · podcast · Chapters cover why Bittensor, the value and difficulty of validating, what a healthy subnet looks like, Dynamic TAO, staking, emissions and sustainability, and SN24; show notes only, no transcript.
  • 2025-09-27 Talking Tao: with Bittensor Guru Keith Singery Revenue Search: Inside Bittensor (Siam Kidd and Mark Creaser) · podcast · Hosts summarise him on how capital enters the ecosystem, one breakout subnet changing everything, Ridges at the front, and deregistration clearing 40 to 50 subnets; show notes only, no transcript.

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