Protocol Changes

Recent and upcoming protocol-level changes on Bittensor, each with a full explainer.

• Root Reborn — Root dividends re-bought into a validator-curated basket (PR #2968, live in v441).
• Conviction v2 — The revised conviction-locking mechanism (PR #2658).
• Price-based emission shares — Subnet emissions switched to price-based shares (PRs #2779 + #2781).
• The emission gate — Emission gating mechanics (spec 440).
• Miner collateral — Collateral requirements for miners (PRs #2953 + #2960).
• Runtime 445 — Fees recycled not paid to authors, miner-burn scaling restored, EVM precompile expansion (spec 445).
• Shorting — Fixed-Liability Covered Continuous-Unwind shorting model (PR #2764).