Subnet Session with Tommi from MVTRX: Subnet 79
From Revenue Search: Inside Bittensor by Mark Creaser and Siam Kidd
March 5, 2026 · 47 min
About this episode
The episode discusses a new shorting mechanism for Bittensor and features Tommi from MVTRX explaining their innovative exchange and trading simulation framework.
This session begins with Mark and Siam chatting about a proposed new Bittensor “shorting mechanism” aimed at punishing malicious or gaming subnets by letting markets drive their alpha toward zero and trigger deregistration—while flagging obvious risks like self-shorting by subnet owners and the broader concern that changing market rules can make the ecosystem feel less investable. They then bring on Tommi from Subnet 79 (rebranded from “Taos” to “MVTRX”), who explains they’re building a state-of-the-art exchange for Bittensor dTAO/alpha tokens, paired with a sophisticated sandbox simulation framework (C++/Rust) where miners can test trading algorithms under many parallel, realistic limit-order-book simulations before deploying to live trading. The core problem they’re tackling is that alpha markets can be illiquid and risky—especially during “black swan” events—so they want to improve liquidity, reduce slippage, and enable larger players to manage/rebalance portfolios more efficiently using advanced order types and a dynamic incentive model that shifts rewards/fees between makers and takers depending on market conditions (e.g., paying makers more during crash-like imbalances to…
People in this episode
Hosts: Mark Creaser, Siam Kidd
Guest: Tommi
Topics covered
- Bittensor
- trading algorithms
- market liquidity
- exchange fees
- financial modeling
Keywords
- Bittensor
- MVTRX
- trading algorithms
- liquidity
- exchange fees
- dTAO
- alpha tokens
- market conditions
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MVTRX, Bittensor, Taos
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