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A Blockmachine validator preserving its previous weight vector while a broken data feed is isolated from the burn path.
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Blockmachine SN19 v0.2.13 stops missing data from becoming a burn vote

Blockmachine's validator preserves the last nonzero on-chain weight vector when startup failures hide traffic data, instead of treating blindness as a 100% burn signal.

By Iris Vale · Sep 11, 2026 · Bittensor, TAO
A validator weight pipeline stopping before an owner-only vector can be committed.
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Inference Labs SN2 adds a guard against owner-only weight commits

Inference Labs release 14.14.3 holds prior Bittensor weights when every non-owner miner receives zero, closing an owner-only normalization path.

By Iris Vale · Sep 9, 2026 · Bittensor, TAO
Eight consecutive penalty records closing one Zeus SN18 challenge weight path while a four-week grace lane remains open.
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Zeus SN18 cuts challenge weights after eight consecutive penalties

Zeus v2.1.4 excludes established miners from an affected challenge's weight calculation after eight consecutive penalties, with a four-week grace period.

By Iris Vale · Sep 7, 2026 · Bittensor, TAO
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