Revenue Search: Inside Bittensor Subnet Session with Sportstensor: Subnet 41
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Oct 1, 2025 Stephen, known as Neuromancer, is the co-founder and technical lead of SportsTensor, blending expertise in physics and quantum computing to revolutionize sports predictions. He and Leo discuss their innovative mechanism that rewards only successful, conviction-backed predictions routed to Polymarket. They detail their anti-dilutive design that ties payouts to fees, aiming to enhance market accuracy. The duo also explores the impact of real trades on market signals and how their approach captures new revenue opportunities in prediction markets.
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Pay For Winning Flow Only
- SportsTensor pays miners only for real winning bets routed to prediction markets, not promises or tiny/reckless bets.
- The system optimizes for maximum qualified winning volume while minimizing cost to the subnet.
Use Guardrails To Prevent Gaming
- Enforce guardrails: require track record, penalize spurious signal, cap single-miner dominance, and smooth payouts over time.
- Avoid rewarding tiny, reckless, or non-collateralized bets to preserve signal integrity.
Anti‑Dilutive Emission Design
- SportsTensor's mechanism is provably anti-dilutive: miners never receive more alpha than fees generated by their qualified volume.
- The convex program embeds constraints so emission payouts are capped by fee revenue, protecting TAU holders.