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For anyone trying to understand Bittensor from first principles, this lecture is a useful place to start. Presented by Bittensor co-founder const. Learn Bittensor > Start with Bitcoin, distributed systems, incentives, > How Bitcoin leads to Bittensor Subnets coordinating AI infrastructure. Topics: // Start - Bitcoin as more than...

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