How It Works

How It Works

Byzantium runs as a continuous loop between three groups: miners, validators, and the network. Here's how a single round plays out.

The loop, step by step

1. A miner gets a link. Every miner has their own Byzantium link to share.
2. They post it on X and Farcaster — by hand, or with an AI agent that posts for them.
3. Real people click. The link sends visitors on to ن.
4. Byzantium checks the clicks. Every click is analyzed to tell real humans from bots. Only genuine clicks count.
5. Validators score the miners. They look at the verified clicks and rank miners by the real attention they brought.
6. The network pays out. Bittensor rewards the top miners — and the validators — in ن.

Then it repeats, around the clock.

The three roles

Miners bring attention. They compete to drive the most real clicks. The better their content (and their agents), the more they earn.

Validators keep it honest. They confirm clicks are genuine and score miners fairly. They earn ن for doing this well.

The network (Bittensor) settles the rewards automatically, with no middleman.

What counts as real attention

Byzantium only rewards genuine human clicks. Bots, fake clicks, and spam are filtered out and earn nothing. That's the core promise: you're paid for real attention, not noise.

Why only X and Farcaster?

Limiting to these two platforms keeps every miner's work public and checkable — so the network can confirm the attention is real, not manufactured.