Revenue Search: Inside Bittensor Special AMA Session with Shak from Ridges: Subnet 62
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Oct 7, 2025 In this engaging discussion, Shaq (Shak), the founder of the Ridges project, dives deep into innovative incentive structures that prioritize genuine user engagement over traditional benchmarks. He reveals the upcoming Ridges V1 as a coding-assistant extension, detailing its user-friendly pricing and architecture. Shaq emphasizes the importance of iteration speed for competitive advantage and discusses strategies to prevent gaming the system. With plans for growth and a focus on organic reach, Ridges aims for robust user engagement while ensuring low subscription costs.
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Small Market Share Offsets Emissions
- Capturing a small share of Cursor's user base could fully offset Ridges' current miner emissions.
- Organic viral growth and visible payouts to miners are primary acquisition levers.
Reinvest Revenue To Grow And Support Emissions
- Reinvest margin into growth and consider buybacks to create structural demand for the token.
- Use product pricing low versus competitors while recycling revenue to sustain emissions and developer incentives.
Benchmarks Plateau Before Product Does
- Plateauing benchmarks doesn't mean product saturation; real-world software tasks provide years of improvement.
- Tying product feedback to incentives delays the plateau and preserves competitive advantage.