This Week In Startups is made possible by:Northwest Registered Agent: https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistDigitalOcean: https://do.co/twistOdoo: https://odoo.com/twistToday's show:We've been going deep on Bittensor and how it works all year on TWiST, meeting with the creators of some of our favorite subnets, and exploring how the system decentralizes inference, compute, and storage. Now, on this very special episode, Jason and Lon welcome Bittensor co-founder Jason Steeves (aka "Const") to the show.He gives us a quick tour of the project's first principles, before diving into how subnets incentivize miners to contribute, how dTAO turned the creation of subnets into its own competition, how Const says he employs "the internal machinery of capitalism" to rank subnects, and his latest project, Subnet 120 (aka Affine).Find out what the OpenTensor Foundation actually does, go inside the Templar controversy, and learn why Const is trying to make himself increasingly irrelevant.GuestJacob Steeves on X: https://x.com/const_rebornBittensor: https://www.bittensor.com/Affine: https://affine.io/Relevant LinksOriginal Bittensor whitepaper: https://bittensor.com/whitepaperBittensor governance and documentation: https://www.bittensor.com/docsBeginner's Guide to Dynamic TAO: https://www.tao.media/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-dynamic-tao-dtao/Prime Intellect: TOPLOC: https://www.primeintellect.ai/blog/toplocEngy (SN53): https://engy.ai/Lium (SN51): https://www.lium.ioTargon (SN4): https://targon.com/Templar (SN3): https://www.tplr.ai/Hippius (SN75): https://hippius.com/MakerDAO: https://makerdao.com/Stillcore Capital: https://stillcorecapital.com/Timestamps: Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.comCheck out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.comSubscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcpFollow Lon:X: https://x.com/lonsFollow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanisCheck out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarlandCheck out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanisFollow TWiST:Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartupsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartupsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartupsSubstack: https://twistartups.substack.com