I want to mine on Bittensor

TL;dr: It's complicated, and you're going to have to do some research.

TL;dr 2:Mining on Bittensor is very competitive. May the odds be ever in your favor.

Introduction

So you want to mine. What is the best way to mine? How do I get started? Can i mine with <hardware configuration>?

The Basics

• Miner (Architecture): Interaction to mining on Bittensor.
• Emission for Miners : How you are rewarded with emissions.
• Taostats: For Miners How do you visualize how your miner is doing.

Picking a Subnet

There are many subnets on Bittensor, and new ones register while others deregister — for the current count and the full sortable list, see taostats.io/subnets. Each subnet has a different objective and goal, and so each has different mining/validation requirements.

Picking a subnet

• What are you interested in? If it is model-training, sports or finance predictions, compute, biology, astrophysics.. there may be a subnet that matches your interests.
  • Each subnet has a Github repository and a channel in the Bittensor Discord.
• Your hardware- You may already have HW. Check each SN's hardware requirements.
• Emissions: Miners are awarded a proportion of the subnet's emissions

• Registration cost: Each subnet has different cost to register a neuron. Taostats: For Miners shows how to determine the cost and how it changes over time.
• Is there a testnet? If you can run on a testnet - you can forego the registration costs to see if you are able to run the miner. You can also run a local blockchain for testing.

Skills required

• DevOps: You will be running at least one server to be an active miner.
• Coding: You will need to optimize your miner to fit the requirements of the subnet. Most of the subnets are written in Python.
• Subnet specific skills: Perhaps understanding inference models or Protein folding.