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This section focuses on the miner architecture inside a subnet.

The Miner persona has details on how a miner can be run.

Miners produce output as defined by the subnet code. Each Subnet compleytes a different type of task, so mining is unique to each subnet (If you are interested in mining: see Starting as a Miner). As miners are only scored by validators, there is no incentive for them to receive or trust requests from anyone other than a validator, therefore all requests to the miners pass through a validator.

Hardware requirements

Mining hardware requirements vary by subnet although most require some for of GPU to perform the require compute functions. Each subnet's github repository should have a min_compute.yml or information in the readme, describing the hardware requirements for mining the subnet. Each Github repository is listed on the Subnet page on taostats.io.

Miner Trust/Incentive

Each miner works to maximise their trust and incentive metrics on the network. This is done by meeting the validation requirements for the subnet at a higher level than their peers. Each validator will grade the results of the miner, assigning a score. Each epoch, the incentive scores (weights) are aggregated by the consensus mechanism to determine the miner's emissions.

See Incentive for Miners for a detailed breakdown of how minder incentive is calculated.

Miner Registration

Learn how to register a node on a subnet.