Enigma

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# **Enigma** (SN 63) <!-- omit in toc -->
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## Decentralized Challenge Platform on Bittensor

[Discord](https://discord.gg/xJ9JKPMJQD) • [Network](https://taostats.io/subnets/63) • [Website](https://www.qbittensorlabs.com/enigma) • [Treasury](https://www.qbittensorlabs.com/enigma/treasury) • [GitHub](https://github.com/qbittensor-labs/enigma)

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**Enigma** is Subnet 63 on Bittensor — a decentralized platform for pressure-testing foundational technologies through open challenges with real prize pools. It incentivizes the global community (researchers, hackers, engineers, and students) to break cryptographic systems, AI safeguards, post-quantum protocols, and other deep-tech targets.

By leveraging Bittensor's incentive layer, Enigma turns critical security research into a transparent, competitive, and publicly verifiable process. Winners drain prize pools, and successful solutions are open-sourced to advance the ecosystem. None of this works without Bittensor: network emissions fund the prize pools, validators verify solutions and govern payouts, and the permissionless design brings solvers in from inside and outside the ecosystem.

> **Current Focus**: Breaking today to build a better tomorrow. Two challenges — Breaking RSA and Hardening Quantum Proof — are live, each developed and launched in collaboration with a high-profile partner with deep expertise in the field. The subnet pioneers Bittensor's Treasury Wallet feature to fund challenge prize pools.

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## How Enigma Works

1. **Challenges are posted** with funded prize pools in SN63 Alpha. Each challenge is developed and launched in collaboration with a high-profile collaborator with expertise in the field — Terra Quantum for Breaking RSA, BlueQubit for Hardening Quantum Proof.
2. **Participants compete** by submitting verified solutions (source code, not just answers). Unlimited resubmissions allowed; each submission carries a small TAO fee. Test on the [workbench](workbench/README.md) first — [Miner Setup](#miner-setup).
3. **Validators** score and verify solutions. A dedicated mechanism directs *all* miner emissions into the Treasury Wallet so they can accumulate into prize pools. Validators later vote on any disbursement.
4. **Winner takes all** — the first valid solution drains the prize. Proof is on-chain.
5. **Code is published** as open source after verification, becoming the starting point for the next attempt.
6. **The next milestone is harder**, and the cycle repeats. Prizes start at a baseline and grow the longer a milestone goes unsolved.

## Incentive Mechanism (Important)

Enigma is a **bounty-based challenge subnet**, not a continuous production subnet.

- All miner emissions are directed to the **Treasury Wallet** (a smart contract).
- These emissions accumulate as SN63 Alpha and form the prize pools for challenges.
- Miners do **not** receive ongoing emissions based on weight. Instead, they compete for large, discrete prizes when they solve challenges.
- Payouts from the Treasury require a formal proposal + vote by validators (60% success threshold, 50% quorum, timelock). The team cannot unilaterally withdraw funds.

This is intentional. It allows the subnet to fund meaningful research bounties (e.g. RSA factoring milestones) while keeping the funds under transparent, on-chain governance.

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## Treasury Wallet

- **Details**

  - Vault Contract Address: `0xB291C87759E2BAf678734C45A44121091d999220`
  - Vault SS58 Cold Key: `5EgP27pkachXDvWpYGfFjatQkWkGXfaoGkP35jdXC4xwPmtZ`
  - Vault SS58 Hot Key: `5DCLafsAKaLeZwm9hjMHvrQNjtucSwBhKyTLYnYmMvhxF2Uc`
  - Governor Contract Address: `0x41a1BE0a7408717877DE25e2c62c2Fb71a04D8A9`
  - Details (verify with `treasury/scripts/list_proposals.py`):
    ```
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    🔍 Contract Configuration:
      Name:                  Enigma-Treasury-v1.1-20260505
      Target NetUID:         63
      Treasury Admin:        0xa5ACB66F2e1e5307cd536F7fd346b0301b7bC0Ca
      TAO Limit:             1,000.0000 TAO
      Alpha Limit:           25,000.0000 Alpha
      ERC20 Limit:           10,000.0000 Tokens
      Limit Reset Period:    172800 seconds (~2 days 0 hrs)
      Success Threshold:     6000 BPS (60.0%)
      Quorum:                5000 BPS (50.0%)
      Proposal Expiration:   14400 blocks (~2 days 0 hrs)
      Voting Delay:          900 blocks (~3 hrs 0 mins)
      Voting Period:         21600 blocks (~3 days 0 hrs)
      Timelock Delay:        86400 seconds (~1 days 0 hrs)
    ====================================================================================================
    ```

The Treasury Wallet is a core component of Subnet 63, implemented as a smart contract on the EVM layer of Bittensor. It serves as the primary funding mechanism for challenges and ecosystem development. Custody is trustless end to end — every rule is enforced on-chain and every action is publicly auditable — making Enigma's prize pools among the most protected funds on Bittensor.

- **Funding**: All miner emissions are directed to the Treasury Wallet, accumulating SN63 Alpha tokens that form the challenge prize pools.
- **Governance**: Managed through a Governor contract with timelock delays, voting periods, and quorum requirements to ensure secure fund management. The Treasury Admin key can only create and cancel proposals, never approve them — no funds can leave the wallet without validator approval.
- **Voting Power**: Votes are weighted by Bittensor's native Voting Power, a chain feature designed in collaboration between the Opentensor Foundation and the Church of Rao and deployed in support of treasury wallets.
- **Battle-tested**: The t