Handshake58 - Bittensor Subnet 58

Network Oracle: Decentralized provider monitoring for AI services.

Miners probe provider endpoints worldwide. Validators score miners by consensus accuracy. Honest monitors earn TAO — no wallets, no staking, no provider setup needed.

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How It Works

Marketplace Registry ──► Validator ──► sends ProviderProbe to all Miners
                                        │
                         Miner A ◄──────┤──────► Miner B ◄──────┤──────► Miner C
                           │                        │                        │
                           ▼                        ▼                        ▼
                     HTTP GET probe           HTTP GET probe           HTTP GET probe
                     Provider URL             Provider URL             Provider URL
                           │                        │                        │
                           └────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┘
                                                    ▼
                                        Validator: Consensus
                                        (majority vote + median latency)
                                                    │
                                                    ▼
                                        Miner scores = accuracy vs consensus
                                        → EMA smoothed → Bittensor weights

Roles

Role	What it does	Requirements
Miner (Neutral Monitor)	Receives probe URLs from validators, performs HTTP GET, reports reachability + status + latency	VPS + internet
Validator (Miner Evaluator)	Sends probe tasks, computes consensus, scores miners by accuracy, sets weights	Staked TAO + VPERMIT

Scoring

Each epoch, the validator:

1. Fetches the provider list from the marketplace registry
2. Deterministically selects PROBES_PER_ROUND providers using the epoch's block hash as seed — all validators probe the same targets
3. Sends ProviderProbe(target_url) to all active miners (filters out validators and unreachable UIDs)
4. Computes consensus: majority vote on reachable + status
5. Scores each miner: 0.4 * reachable_match + 0.3 * status_match + 0.3 * latency_band
6. Applies EMA smoothing (α=0.3) and sets weights on Bittensor with inclusion confirmation

The latency band is a binary check: 1.0 if response latency < MAX_LATENCY_DEVIATION (2000ms), 0.0 otherwise. This is deterministic across all validators regardless of geographic location.

Anti-Gaming

Attack	Why it fails
Lie about reachability	Consensus detects disagreement — your score drops
Fake latency values	Binary band check; anything under threshold scores equally
Collude with other miners	Requires >50% of miners; validators can spot-check independently
Validator manipulates scores	Yuma consensus penalizes weight outliers
Validators set different weights	Deterministic sampling ensures all validators agree

Protocol Agnostic

The oracle monitors all provider types: DRAIN, MPP (x402), and any HTTP service. The miner just pings URLs — it doesn't know or care about the payment protocol. A 402 Payment Required response is a valid "alive" signal for MPP providers.

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Prerequisites

• Python >= 3.9
• btcli: pip install bittensor bittensor-cli
• TAO in your coldkey wallet

No Polygon wallet, no RPC URL, no Alchemy subscription needed.

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Wallet Setup

pip install bittensor bittensor-cli

# Create coldkey (stores TAO)
btcli wallet new_coldkey --wallet.name hs58

# Create hotkey (used for subnet registration)
btcli wallet new_hotkey --wallet.name hs58 --wallet.hotkey default

Save your mnemonics securely. Check your address:

btcli wallet overview --wallet.name hs58

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Run a Miner

Miners are Neutral Monitors. No provider, no wallet, no registration — just probe URLs.

Step 1: Register on Subnet 58

btcli subnet register --netuid 58 --wallet.name hs58 --wallet.hotkey default

Step 2: Run

Local:

pip install -e .
python neurons/miner.py --netuid 58 --wallet.name hs58 --wallet.hotkey default

Railway:

1. Fork this repo → Railway → Deploy from GitHub → Worker service
2. Set environment variables:

BT_HOTKEY_B64=...
BT_COLDKEYPUB_B64=...
WALLET_NAME=hs58
HOTKEY_NAME=default
NEURON_TYPE=miner
AXON_PORT=8091
AXON_EXTERNAL_PORT=443

Base64-Encode Wallet Files

Linux / Mac:

base64 -w 0 < ~/.bittensor/wallets/hs58/hotkeys/default
base64 -w 0 < ~/.bittensor/wallets/hs58/coldkeypub

Windows PowerShell:

[Convert]::ToBase64String([IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("$env:USERPROFILE\.bittensor\wallets\hs58\hotkeys\default"))
[Convert]::ToBase64String([IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("$env:USERPROFILE\.bittensor\wallets\hs58\coldkeypub"))

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Run a Validator

Step 1: Register + Stake

btcli subnet register --netuid 58 --wallet.name hs58 --wallet.hotkey default
btcli stake add --wallet.name hs58 --wallet.hotkey default --amount 100

Step 2: Run

Railway:

BT_HOTKEY_B64=...
BT_COLDKEYPUB_B64=...
WALLET_NAME=hs58
HOTKEY_NAME=default
NEURON_TYPE=validator

Docker (self-hosted, with auto-update):

docker build -t hs58-validator .

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped \
  -e BT_HOTKEY_B64="$(base64 -w 0 < ~/.bittensor/wallets/hs58/hotkeys/default)" \
  -e BT_COLDKEYPUB_B64="$(base64 -w 0 < ~/.bittensor/wallets/hs58/coldkeypub)" \
  -e NEURON_TYPE=validator \
  -e WALLET_NAME=hs58 \
  -e HOTKEY_NAME=default \
  -e AUTOUPDATE_ENABLED=true \
  hs58-validator

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Configuration

Variable	Default	Used by	Description
PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS	5000	Miner	HTTP probe timeout in milliseconds
REGISTRY_URLS	https://handshake58.com/api/validator/registry	Validator	Provider registry URLs (comma-separated)
REGISTRY_CACHE	registry_cache.json	Validator	Local fallback cache file
PROBES_PER_ROUND	5	Validator	Random providers probed per epoch
MAX_LATENCY_DEVIATION	2000	Validator	Latency band threshold in ms (binary: below = pass)
MARKETPLACE_URL	https://www.handshake58.com	Validator	Marketplace for probe alerts
AUTOUPDATE_ENABLED	false	Both	Auto-update for Docker deployments
AUTOUPDATE_BRANCH	main	Both	Git branch to track

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Architecture

HS58-subnet/
├── neurons/
│   ├── miner.py              # Neutral Monitor (HTTP probe)
│   └── validator.py           # Miner Evaluator (consensus scoring)
├── subnet58/
│   ├── __init__.py            # Version (2.1.0)
│   ├── protocol.py            # ProviderProbe Synapse (4 fields)
│   ├── config.py              # Oracle configuration constants
│   ├── registry_client.py     # Provider discovery + cache + alerts
│   ├── base/                  # Base classes (Bittensor template)
│   │   ├── neuron.py
│   │   ├── miner.py
│   │   └── validator.py
│   └── utils/
│       ├── config.py          # CLI args
│       └── misc.py
├── requirements.txt
├── setup.py
├── .env.example
├── Dockerfile
├── entrypoint.sh              # Wallet decode + neuron start
└── min_compute.yml

Related Projects

• Handshake58 Marketplace — AI agent marketplace with provider directory
• DRAIN Protocol — Micropayment channels for AI services
• drain-mcp — Agent MCP server for DRAIN + MPP

License

PolyForm Shield 1.0 — Use, modify, and deploy for any purpose except building a competing product. See LICENSE.