Tomorrow at 11 AM ET I’m sitting down with Gareth Howells from $VIDAIO, Bittensor Subnet 85.
This one is big.
AI video enhancement, compression, upscaling, real world use cases, and why decentralized video infrastructure might be one of the most slept on lanes in Bittensor.
Most people are still trying to figure out what subnets even do.
@vidaio_ is trying to show you what they can become.
Subnet Summer don't wait for nobody.
Live tomorrow. 11 AM ET.
Shizzy Unchained.
#Bittensor bittensor:native
'Low-Res Legends! World Cup Edition'
We take your favourite World Cup moments from history and upscale and restore them using VidaioOS
Number 1 in the series is Diego Maradona's "Goal of the Century", the iconic 1986 World Cup moment where he carried the ball from his own half, beat five England players, and scored one of the greatest goals football has ever witnessed.
Which goal would you like to see upscaled next?
@vidaio@FIFAWorldCup
"I don't go to as many crypto conferences as you might imagine, maybe two or three a year. And this is one of those that is always firmly on my calendar."
Marcus Graichen @mogmachine (Founder, @taostats) returned to Proof of Talk 2026 for their second year supporting the Bittensor track, and the reason is simple.
The right room. The right conversations. The people building the future of decentralised AI, Web3, and agentic networks, all in one place, at the Louvre Palace.
Thank you Marcus and the taostats team for being part of Proof of Talk 2026. Proud to have Taostats as a Diamond Partner this year.
Sign up for our next edition via the link below.
https://t.co/mk24Jl8HUh
One video enters the internet. Then it becomes thousands of versions.
Different screens.
Different networks.
Different regions.
Different devices.
Encoded. Compressed. Transcoded. Reformatted. Packaged.
The world does not store one video. It stores versions of versions of versions.
And the complexity compounds every minute.
VidaioOS is the AI agent layer built to manage the chaos and coordinate the complexity.
Every video. Optimised. Everywhere.
@vidaio_ bittensor:native
CHEAPER, FASTER, BETTER - this is the Bittensor edge!
We benchmarked our video compression against the major cloud encoders.
30 clips. 5 providers. AV1 + H.265. 3 fixed quality targets.
We ranked #1 for compression efficiency in both codecs.
The bigger finding:
Others needed 3–5 encodes to find the target.
We did it in one!
At 1,000 hours a year, the estimated encoding-cost gap was roughly $4k vs $145k.
The rate card was never the real price.
The search loop was.
Full independent benchmark and findings in this article.
@vidaio bittensor:native
You asked. We delivered!
The Vidaio API is live.
Developers, agents, and platforms can now build directly on top of our video optimisation layer.
One API for making video lighter and more valuable.
Subnet 85 is open for builders.
https://t.co/gLAhiX3VI6
@vidaio bittensor:native
on sept 15 2008, lehman brothers collapsed and gave the whole world a reason to believe in $BTC
on june 12 2026, a single government order forced anthropic to pull its most capable models offline for every foreign national on earth, and gave the whole world a reason to believe in bittensor:native
humans only react to negative things. sad but true.
in 2008 we learned the banks were the problem. in 2026 we’ll learn that one kill switch sitting inside a centralised AI lab is the problem.
'Low-Res Legends! #4'
Restoring the memes that built the internet - we take your favourite memes from history and upscale and restore them using VidaioOS
Number 4 in the series "Charlie Bit My Finger"
Requested by @wouterhar
"Charlie Bit My Finger" is a 2007 Internet viral video famous for being, at the time, the most viewed YouTube video. As of January 2026, the video has received over 888 million views.
Which meme should we upscale next?
@vidaio_
Who is generating more value in your company today... agents, or humans?
Thought-provoking keynote from @mogmachine at @proofoftalk, worth a watch and/or a read..... You may even learn something!
"Recognise the pattern and you can break it"
Another beautiful video from @DankEngine13
Every #bittensor subnet should be hiring this man to help tell their story
$TAO
We are very excited about this partnership with @webuildscore, which brings a new layer of visual intelligence and value to VidaioOS and our customers.
Watch this space for more updates in the coming weeks!
Score x Vidaio.
Following our @ProofOfTalk presentation, @vidaio_ (SN85) is partnering with us to be one of the first teams to launch their own vision AI challenges on SN44.
The goal: bring advanced visual intelligence into VidaioOS, making video archives searchable, actionable and monetisable at an entirely new level.
Two subnets, one network effect.
More to come in the coming weeks.
$TAO - In short, launching a subnet on Bittensor allows a startup to have its engineers and R&D department paid directly by the protocol itself, rather than by the startup.
This drastically reduces costs.
This makes it possible to offer services at extremely competitive prices.
These same engineers are in constant competition; the best are paid more, while the less capable are weeded out. The result is an outsourced R&D department that progresses much faster, since everyone is paid based on results.
Bittensor is the only blockchain that funds the creation of intelligence through token issuance.
Several subnets are close to generating tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue in just one to two years. Because the solution works. It isn’t perfect. But it’s already working incredibly well.
Bittensor is the only protocol doing this. And those who understand it see it as distinct from the rest of the market: it is a next-generation blockchain that is completely changing the game.
Future does look bright. Insanely bright.
A huge thank you to @taostats, our Diamond Sponsor and Title Sponsor of the Bittensor Track for the second year running.
This year, Taostats took over the Da Vinci Stage and helped give Bittensor a true home at Proof of Talk.
From the main stage keynote to the workshop, with a major focus on agentic AI and its synergies with Bittensor, Taostats brought incredible energy, depth, and presence throughout the summit.
Together with Taostats, @hippius_subnet, @blockmachine_io, and @vidaio_, the ecosystem showed up in force.
Grateful to @mogmachine and the whole Taostats team for believing in what we’re building and helping make the Bittensor Track one of the standout moments of Proof of Talk.