Jacob Steeves (Const), founder of Bittensor. Opening keynote, Exploit Summit 2026, Montreal. Day 1, Monday 28 September, OTF Stage, 10:05–10:50. Billed as "The State of Bittensor".
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| docs/project-context.md | The brief. Who Jacob is, the venue, the purpose, the core thesis. Read first. |
| docs/talk-draft-2.md | The 35-minute talk in Jacob's own words with agreed edits. Candidate spine. |
| docs/keynote-layout.md | Room plan: 21 slides, nine phases, a clock, hand-forwards to later sessions. |
| docs/jensen-style-talk.md | The same talk as a Jensen Huang product keynote. Competes for the spine. |
| docs/outline-v2.md | Talk outline v2 (structure B): every point, every quote, with segues. |
| docs/trajectory.md | Weber to Bittensor in sixteen steps. The spine of script and deck. |
| docs/idea-board.md | Idea board: 919 bullets on Jacob's 24-slide axis. The quote bank. |
| docs/facts-for-draft-1.md | Every fact used in draft 1, with sources and confidence grades. |
| docs/fear-quotes.md | 32 verified quotes about fear of AI, plus a do-not-use list. |
| docs/growth-slides.md | Method and numbers behind the compute, inference and data slides (3–6). |
| docs/metrics-gallery.md | 393 growth series across the subnets, 152 rising, top 12 ranked. |
| docs/incentives-chart.md | "Incentives, not a conspiracy": the cabal chart, 46 claims graded. Slide 9. |
| docs/opening-slides.md | The opening slides: five-year trend chart and the library row. |
| docs/slides-draft-v4.md | Slides draft v4: 26 slides with 11 charts. Fullest slide-by-slide text. |
| notes.md | The live task list. What is open, what is done, what waits on Jacob. |
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| 00-README.md | 6.6 KB | Bittensor keynote bundle — "A mind outside the state" |
| archived.md | 5.2 KB | - [x] About essay and white paper — in the store, ready to use |
| notes.md | 2.1 KB | - [ ] Project context — venue confirmed: Exploit Summit, Montreal, opening keynote Day 1 10:05, insider aud... |
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| docs/charts-plan.md | 15.5 KB | Charts plan for slides v4 |
| docs/facts-for-draft-1.md | 84.5 KB | Facts for draft 1 |
| docs/fear-quotes.md | 20.4 KB | Fear of the Exploit |
| docs/growth-slides.md | 65.4 KB | Growth slides: compute, inference and data |
| docs/harness-the-exploit.md | 24.2 KB | Harness the exploit |
| docs/idea-board.md | 175.0 KB | [Idea board — Jacob's 24 slides (22 Sep). One idea per bullet. Quotation marks are verbatim. |
| docs/incentives-chart.md | 20.1 KB | Incentives, not a conspiracy: the chart for the cabal section |
| docs/jensen-style-talk.md | 27.6 KB | The talk, done as a Jensen Huang keynote |
| docs/keynote-layout.md | 8.4 KB | Keynote layout — Exploit Summit, Day 1, 10:05–10:50 |
| docs/metrics-gallery.json | 1.8 MB | JSON data with keys: _readme, asOf, counts, shortlist, alternates, notRising... |
| docs/metrics-gallery.md | 250.5 KB | Metrics gallery: every growth series found across the Bittensor subnets, 24 September 2026 |
| docs/mind-outside-the-state.md | 41.4 KB | A mind outside the state |
| docs/opening-slides.md | 16.4 KB | The opening slides: Bittensor Trend Data and the library row |
| docs/outline-v1.md | 18.3 KB | Talk outline v1 — every point, every quote, with segues |
| docs/outline-v2.md | 34.4 KB | Talk outline v2 — structure B, every point, every quote, with segues |
| docs/project-context.md | 70.1 KB | Project context: Bittensor talk |
| docs/slides-draft-v1.md | 15.9 KB | Slides, draft v1: The machine that pays you back |
| docs/slides-draft-v2.md | 43.9 KB | Slides, draft v2: A mind outside the state |
| docs/slides-draft-v3.md | 68.8 KB | Slides, draft v3: A mind outside the state |
| docs/slides-draft-v4.md | 80.5 KB | Slides, draft v4: A mind outside the state |
| docs/structure-b.md | 2.2 KB | Agreed structure (21 Sep 2026, "B with amendments") |
| docs/talk-draft-1.md | 15.2 KB | Talk draft 1 — Jacob's own words (dictated 23 Sep 2026) |
| docs/talk-draft-2.md | 47.2 KB | Talk draft 2 — Jacob's words with the agreed edits |
| docs/technique-example-slides.md | 25.5 KB | Technique example slides: one slide per move |
| docs/thesis-v2-script.md | 60.7 KB | Thesis v2: the spoken script |
| docs/thesis-v3-script.md | 75.9 KB | Thesis v3: the spoken script, in structure B order |
| docs/thesis.md | 25.6 KB | Thesis v1 (superseded) |
| docs/trajectory.md | 13.5 KB | The trajectory: Weber to Bittensor |
| docs/two-worlds.md | 35.1 KB | Two worlds |
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| docs/research/affine-neurips-factcheck.md | 30.8 KB | Fact-check: Affine's model, "best model outside a lab", and NeurIPS |
| docs/research/const-interviews-voice-and-ideas.md | 75.7 KB | How Const talks: voice and ideas across 16 recorded interviews and talks |
| docs/research/const-tweet-themes.md | 116.8 KB | What Const has been saying: the tweet archive, read for the keynote |
| docs/research/dwarkesh-work-obsolescence.md | 27.4 KB | Dwarkesh's guests on work disappearing |
| docs/research/economics-of-ai-and-labor-power.md | 56.0 KB | The economics of AI and labor power |
| docs/research/ecosystem-as-empowerment.md | 152.1 KB | The ecosystem as empowerment: what the Bittensor community has built, September 2026 |
| docs/research/factcheck-slides-v2.md | 77.8 KB | Fact-check: slides draft v2 and trajectory |
| docs/research/lab-closure-and-us-politics-sep-2026.md | 104.5 KB | Lab closure and US politics, September 2026 |
| docs/research/model-keynotes.md | 103.1 KB | Model keynotes for Jacob's 45 minutes |
| docs/research/state-of-bittensor-2026.md | 32.8 KB | State of Bittensor, September 2026 |
| docs/research/thiel-ideas.md | 46.3 KB | Peter Thiel's ideas for the Bittensor keynote (Montreal, 28 Sep 2026) |
| docs/research/top-subnets-2026.md | 83.8 KB | Top Bittensor subnets, September 2026 |
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| docs/sources/bittensor-about-essay.md | 18.0 KB | Bittensor Paradigm |
| docs/sources/bittensor-whitepaper.md | 43.5 KB | Bittensor: A Peer-to-Peer Intelligence Market |
| docs/sources/bittensor-whitepaper.pdf | 1.2 MB | PDF document |
| docs/sources/interviews/2022-05-towards-data-science-ai-on-the-blockchain.md | 11.1 KB | Towards Data Science podcast 123: "Ala Shaabana and Jacob Steeves - AI on the blockchain (it actually might... |
| docs/sources/interviews/2023-05-block-runner-tbr156-how-bittensor-saves-humanity.md | 13.1 KB | The Block Runner #156: "How Bittensor Saves Humanity From Runaway AI" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2024-07-evert-decentralized-minds-documentary.md | 6.7 KB | Evert Wissing: "Decentralized Minds, The Bittensor Revolution" (full documentary) |
| docs/sources/interviews/2025-01-unshackled-living-bitcoin-culture-decentralization.md | 12.3 KB | Unshackled Living: "Jacob Steeves on Bitcoin Culture, Decentralization, and Bittensor's Revolutionary Impact" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2025-06-cointelegraph-hype-or-bust-proof-of-talk.md | 8.9 KB | Cointelegraph live from Proof of Talk: "Hype or Bust? How to dominate AI with web3" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2025-06-proof-of-talk-satanic-to-sublime-keynote.md | 19.2 KB | Proof of Talk 2025 keynote: "Satanic to Sublime: Aligning Human Potential Through Open-Ownership Protocols" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2025-09-crypto-rabbit-hole-art-of-disruption.md | 5.3 KB | The Crypto Rabbit Hole: "The Art of Disruption: Bittensor and the New Intelligence Economy" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2025-coinfoin-bittensor-documentary-prologue.md | 5.8 KB | CoinFoin: "Prologue of #Bittensor Documentary / Jacob Robert Steeves, Founder & CEO of Bittensor" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2026-01-tsinghua-hackquest-from-bitcoin-to-bittensor-big-talk.md | 14.9 KB | The big talk. Tsinghua University, Beijing: "From Bitcoin to Bittensor: Building Open Markets for Intellige... |
| docs/sources/interviews/2026-04-paris-blockchain-week-bpifrance-vision-to-infrastructure.md | 7.4 KB | Paris Blockchain Week 2026 fireside with Bpifrance: "Decentralized AI: From Vision to Infrastructure" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2026-04-virtualbacon-what-is-bittensor-2026-update.md | 11.1 KB | VirtualBacon: "What is Bittensor? 2026 Update with Co-Founder Jacob Steeves (Const)" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2026-06-cointelegraph-can-bitcoin-save-ai-from-big-tech.md | 8.7 KB | Cointelegraph: "Can Bitcoin Save AI From Big Tech? Bittensor Co-Founder Explains" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2026-06-proof-of-talk-decentralising-intelligence-fireside.md | 12.2 KB | Proof of Talk 2026 fireside with Mark Jeffrey: "Decentralising Intelligence: The Unification of AI and Bitc... |
| docs/sources/interviews/2026-08-bitcoincom-news-can-bittensor-beat-openai.md | 13.0 KB | Bitcoin.com News: "Can Bittensor Beat OpenAI? Inside the Race to Decentralize AI" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2026-08-this-week-in-startups-e2326-const-on-affine-dtao.md | 17.4 KB | This Week in Startups E2326: "Bittensor creator Const on Affine, dTAO, 'mining reasoning,' and more" |
| docs/sources/interviews/2026-early-stage-investor-subnets-will-crush-big-tech.md | 6.2 KB | The Early Stage Investor: "Bittensor Leader Jake Steeves: These Subnets Will Crush Big Tech!" |
| docs/sources/talks/antonopoulos-infrastructure-inversion-2016.md | 57.6 KB | Andreas M. Antonopoulos, 'Bitcoin and the Coming Infrastructure Inversion' (Zurich, March 2016) |
| docs/sources/talks/balaji-network-state-conference-opening-2023.md | 23.1 KB | Balaji Srinivasan, Network State Conference opening and closing remarks (Amsterdam, 30 October 2023) |
| docs/sources/talks/harari-why-fascism-is-so-tempting-ted-2018.md | 16.3 KB | Yuval Noah Harari, 'Why fascism is so tempting, and how your data could power it' (TED2018) |
| docs/sources/talks/hassabis-ai-and-the-future-rsa-2016.md | 53.7 KB | Demis Hassabis, 'Artificial Intelligence and the Future' (The RSA, London, 29 September 2016) |
| docs/sources/talks/huang-gtc-opening-2025.md | 79.4 KB | Jensen Huang, GTC Washington, D.C. keynote (28 October 2025), with the opening analysed |
| docs/sources/talks/jobs-stanford-commencement-2005.md | 14.2 KB | Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement address (12 June 2005) |
| docs/sources/talks/jobs-think-different-internal-1997.md | 28.0 KB | Steve Jobs, internal 'Think Different' meeting (Apple, 23 September 1997) |
| docs/sources/talks/karpathy-software-is-changing-again-2025.md | 50.0 KB | Andrej Karpathy, 'Software Is Changing (Again)' (Y Combinator AI Startup School, 17 June 2025) |
| docs/sources/talks/kennedy-rice-moon-speech-1962.md | 14.5 KB | John F. Kennedy, address at Rice University on the nation's space effort (12 September 1962) |
| docs/sources/talks/king-i-have-a-dream-1963.md | 10.9 KB | Martin Luther King Jr., 'I Have a Dream' (28 August 1963) |
| docs/sources/talks/sutskever-neurips-test-of-time-2024.md | 41.3 KB | Ilya Sutskever, NeurIPS 2024 Test of Time talk: 'Sequence to sequence learning with neural networks: what a... |
| docs/sources/talks/thiel-competition-is-for-losers-2014.md | 55.5 KB | Peter Thiel, 'Competition is for Losers' (Stanford CS183B, Lecture 5, October 2014) |
| docs/sources/talks/victor-future-of-programming-2013.md | 36.3 KB | Bret Victor, 'The Future of Programming' (DBX, 30 July 2013) |
| docs/sources/talks/wood-ethereum-for-dummies-devcon1-2015.md | 23.0 KB | Gavin Wood, 'Ethereum for Dummies' (DEVCON1, London, November 2015) |
| docs/sources/thiel/bitcoin-2022-miami-keynote.md | 27.1 KB | Bitcoin 2022 keynote (Miami) |
| docs/sources/thiel/cardinal-conversations-2018-crypto-libertarian-ai-communist.md | 2.3 KB | Cardinal Conversations: Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel, "Technology and Politics" (the "crypto is libertarian... |
| docs/sources/thiel/cowen-political-theology-2024.md | 70.9 KB | Peter Thiel on Political Theology (Conversations with Tyler, Ep. 210) |
| docs/sources/thiel/douthat-interesting-times-2025.md | 51.3 KB | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist ("A.I., Mars and Immortality: Are We Dreaming Big Enough?"), Interesting Tim... |
| docs/sources/thiel/education-of-a-libertarian-2009.md | 9.1 KB | The Education of a Libertarian |
| docs/sources/thiel/end-of-the-future-2011.md | 22.3 KB | The End of the Future |
| docs/sources/thiel/first-things-the-pope-and-the-antichrist-2026.md | 20.4 KB | The Pope and the Antichrist (with Sam Wolfe) |
| docs/sources/thiel/first-things-voyages-to-the-end-of-the-world-2025.md | 46.5 KB | Voyages to the End of the World (with Sam Wolfe) |
| docs/sources/thiel/good-for-google-bad-for-america-2019.md | 7.5 KB | Good for Google, Bad for America |
| docs/sources/thiel/hoover-uncommon-knowledge-apocalypse-now-2024.md | 70.8 KB | Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern Tech (Parts I and II), Uncommon Knowledge with... |
| docs/sources/thiel/nashville-clip-one-world-state-2026.md | 8.7 KB | Peter Thiel, clip on the totalitarian one-world state and Yudkowsky (posted with the Nashville Antichrist l... |
| docs/sources/thiel/paris-talk-2026-fortune-report.md | 6.7 KB | Paris Antichrist talk, February 2026 (reported by Fortune, via Le Monde and Politico) |
| docs/sources/thiel/sf-antichrist-lectures-2025-reported-quotes.md | 50.6 KB | The Antichrist: A Four-Part Lecture Series (San Francisco, ACTS 17 Collective). Reported quotes from leaked... |
| docs/sources/thiel/sovereign-individual-preface-2020-excerpt.md | 2.1 KB | Preface to The Sovereign Individual (2020 edition) |
| docs/sources/thiel/straussian-moment-2007.md | 73.5 KB | The Straussian Moment |
| docs/sources/thiel/vox-2014-palantir-snowden-interview.md | 25.1 KB | "Inside Peter Thiel's mind" (interview with Ezra Klein): Palantir, Snowden, competition |
| docs/sources/thiel/zero-to-one-2014-excerpts.md | 4.7 KB | Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (verified excerpts) |
| docs/sources/tweets/cabal-incentives-posts.md | 41.6 KB | Six posts for the "cabal" section, verbatim, with every claim graded |
| docs/sources/tweets/const_reborn-articles.md | 50.9 KB | Const's X Articles, 2026: full text |
| docs/sources/tweets/const_reborn-summary.md | 6.8 KB | @const_reborn tweet archive summary |
| docs/sources/tweets/const_reborn-tweets.jsonl | 5.1 MB | JSON Lines data (one record per line) |
| docs/sources/tweets/const_reborn-tweets.md | 884.4 KB | @const_reborn tweets |
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| internal/cabal-figure-source.md | 2.5 KB | Cabal figure source |
| internal/const-interviews-transcription-method.md | 6.6 KB | How the Const interview transcripts were made |
| internal/economy-concentration-facts.md | 28.8 KB | Facts for a GM-to-OpenAI concentration graphic |
| internal/metrics-sweep/00-brief.md | 8.2 KB | Metrics sweep: shared brief for the layer workers |
| internal/metrics-sweep/agents.json | 116.3 KB | JSON data with keys: layer, series, singles, notFound, xReads |
| internal/metrics-sweep/agents.md | 36.6 KB | Metrics sweep: agents layer (agents and tools; knowledge, search and security) |
| internal/metrics-sweep/chain.json | 727.9 KB | JSON data with keys: layer, series, singles, notFound, xReads |
| internal/metrics-sweep/chain.md | 89.1 KB | Chain layer: on-chain monthly series for 35 subnets and the network, 1 Mar 2025 → 24 Sep 2026 |
| internal/metrics-sweep/compute.json | 94.9 KB | JSON data with keys: layer, series, singles, notFound, xReads |
| internal/metrics-sweep/compute.md | 28.6 KB | Metrics sweep: compute layer (Targon SN4, KubeTEE SN90, UR SN25, Compute Horde SN12, Quantum Compute SN48,... |
| internal/metrics-sweep/data.json | 64.8 KB | JSON data with keys: layer, series, singles, notFound, xReads |
| internal/metrics-sweep/data.md | 51.0 KB | Metrics sweep: data and storage layer |
| internal/metrics-sweep/ecosystem.json | 305.5 KB | JSON data with keys: layer, series, singles, notFound, xReads |
| internal/metrics-sweep/ecosystem.md | 116.4 KB | Metrics sweep: ecosystem layer (cross-cutting series) |
| internal/metrics-sweep/finance-media.json | 129.7 KB | JSON data with keys: layer, series, singles, notFound, xReads |
| internal/metrics-sweep/finance-media.md | 45.5 KB | Metrics sweep: finance-media layer |
| internal/metrics-sweep/inference.json | 54.7 KB | JSON data with keys: layer, series, singles, notFound, xReads |
| internal/metrics-sweep/inference.md | 40.3 KB | Metrics sweep: inference layer (Chutes SN64, Engy SN53, SayGM SN28, DSperse SN2, Verathos SN96, others) |
| internal/metrics-sweep/science.json | 145.7 KB | JSON data with keys: layer, series, singles, notFound, xReads |
| internal/metrics-sweep/science.md | 65.0 KB | Metrics sweep: science layer (NOVA 68, Minos 107, OpenRoboto 80, Conjectures 66, Zeus 18, Swarm 124, Nepher... |
| internal/metrics-sweep/training.json | 130.1 KB | JSON data with keys: layer, series, singles, notFound, xReads |
| internal/metrics-sweep/training.md | 54.9 KB | Metrics sweep: training layer (Affine SN120, Teutonic SN3, IOTA SN9, Gradients SN56, Hone SN5, Albedo SN97,... |
| internal/model-keynotes-transcription-method.md | 3.4 KB | How the model-keynote transcripts were made |
| internal/proof-of-talk-2025-keynote-retrieval.md | 2.7 KB | How the Proof of Talk 2025 keynote transcript was obtained (20 Sep 2026) |
| internal/research-labs-closure-sep-2026.md | 59.6 KB | Are the frontier labs "pulling the ladder up"? Lab positions on open weights, pre-release testing and licen... |
| internal/research-open-ai-pushback-international-sep-2026.md | 63.3 KB | Pushback against restricting open-weight / open-source AI — Aug–Sep 2026, with the international picture |
| internal/research-us-ai-politics-sep-2026.md | 53.5 KB | US political landscape on AI, as of 13 September 2026 |
| internal/thiel-research-method.md | 2.7 KB | How the Thiel sources were obtained |
| internal/x-tweets-pull-blocker.md | 8.3 KB | @const_reborn tweet pull: history and final result |
| internal/x-tweets-pull.py | 17.6 KB | Python script |
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