Revenue Search: Inside Bittensor Subnet Session with Taonado: Subnet 113
Nov 4, 2025
Captain Taonado, a key figure in the BitTensor community and operator of Subnet 113, shares insights on building a non-custodial privacy mixer. He explains how the Tornado-style mixing works, emphasizing user anonymity through fixed pools and secret withdrawals. Captain discusses incentives for miners who simulate user flows, plans for larger liquidity pools, and strategies for using shielded capital to generate yield. He also addresses societal perceptions of privacy tools, highlighting the importance of privacy-by-default and the evolving landscape of regulatory risks.
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Privacy-As-A-Service With Secret Notes
- TauNado provides privacy-as-a-service by making deposits claimable later via secret notes to break linkability.
- Users deposit fixed denominations and withdraw to fresh wallets so on-chain flows become unlinkable.
Delay Withdrawals And Simulate Real Users
- Use longer, varied withdrawal timing to improve anonymity; immediate withdrawals reduce privacy.
- Miners should simulate realistic user flows to increase the anonymity set and earn incentives.
Denomination Pools Preserve Unlinkability
- Pools are segregated by fixed denominations (1, 10, 100 TAO) so deposits remain uniform and unlinkable.
- Larger pools require proportionally larger bootstrap liquidity to maintain privacy.