<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Taostats Blog</title><description>Protocol deep dives, research, and product updates from the Bittensor data company.</description><link>https://blog.taostats.io/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>What Makes a Bittensor Validator Perform</title><link>https://blog.taostats.io/blog/what-makes-a-bittensor-validator-perform/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.taostats.io/blog/what-makes-a-bittensor-validator-perform/</guid><description>A short primer on how Bittensor validators earn: stake, weight-setting, and vTrust consensus — and why agreement with other validators is what actually pays.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Taostats</author></item><item><title>Welcome to the Taostats Blog</title><link>https://blog.taostats.io/blog/welcome-to-the-taostats-blog/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.taostats.io/blog/welcome-to-the-taostats-blog/</guid><description>Why we&apos;re starting a blog, what we&apos;ll write about, and how it fits alongside the Taostats explorer and docs.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Taostats</author></item><item><title>Bittensor Shorting, Explained</title><link>https://blog.taostats.io/blog/bittensor-shorting-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.taostats.io/blog/bittensor-shorting-explained/</guid><description>A plain-English walkthrough of Bittensor&apos;s Fixed-Liability Covered Continuous-Unwind shorting model (PR #2764, v3.6.1): what a covered short is, how you open one, the daily carry cost, and how you win or lose.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Rufus</author></item></channel></rss>