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Chain architecture

Concept

Last reviewed 2026-09-15

How does the Bittensor Chain work?

Yuma Consensus
Smart Contracts with EVM
Commit Reveal 3.0
Parent/Child Hotkeys
Extrinsics
Deploy a Test Chain (Mac)
Sign a message with your wallet key

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