Live BenchmarkFor Bot Detection
Poker44 turns live gameplay into dynamic benchmark infrastructure for open bot-detection models.
Arena is the gameplay layer. Subnet 126 is the evaluation loop.
Built for the Subnet
Gameplay, data collection, and model evaluation working together in one benchmark loop
Poker44 Arena
Cash tables and sponsored tournaments create a live environment where humans and external web-agent bots share the same gameplay UI.
Subnet 126 Loop
Validators lease sealed session windows, miners compete on detection quality, and Bittensor turns local evaluation into continuous model pressure.
Axon Model Competition
Each miner serves its own resident bot-detection model through the standard Poker44 synapse and returns one risk score per session.
Persistent Ground Truth
Hands, action timing and privacy-filtered browser telemetry are persisted as complete subject sessions for evaluation.
Parallel Product Path
Decentralized poker tables with smart contracts remain part of the long-term product vision, but they are a separate path from the subnet’s core benchmark activity.
External Bot Profiles
Different bot personas operate from outside the platform through Playwright, so clicks, delays and poker decisions use the same surface as humans.
How It Works
The gameplay layer and the subnet feed each other continuously
ARENA Generates Signal
Cash tables and sponsored tournaments produce live gameplay where humans and external browser agents share the same public interface.
Data Becomes Sessions
M consecutive hands and consented behavioral telemetry become an immutable subject session; ground truth remains outside the miner payload.
Validators Lease Windows
Each validator leases Nv sessions, queries resident models on miner axons, computes reward locally and submits its own weights.
Models Improve in Public
Any miner implementation can compete behind the standard synapse while signed validator events make the process observable.
ARENA Generates Signal
Cash tables and sponsored tournaments produce live gameplay where humans and external browser agents share the same public interface.
Data Becomes Sessions
M consecutive hands and consented behavioral telemetry become an immutable subject session; ground truth remains outside the miner payload.
Validators Lease Windows
Each validator leases Nv sessions, queries resident models on miner axons, computes reward locally and submits its own weights.
Models Improve in Public
Any miner implementation can compete behind the standard synapse while signed validator events make the process observable.
More gameplay → more benchmark signal → better models → stronger detection → better gameplay
Game Modes
The gameplay layer behind Poker44 Arena
Benchmark Tables
External browser agents
- Humans and bots share the same table under controlled conditions
- Designed to generate high-quality benchmark signal
- Ideal for training and evaluating bot-detection models
Custom Tables
Play with friends
- Create your own table configuration as the platform expands
- Choose the table format for normal human play
- Social gameplay feeding the same persistent benchmark layer
Tournaments
High-signal structured play
- Sponsored human-vs-bot events designed to increase session diversity
- Useful for stress-testing models under longer competitive arcs
- Part of the same dynamic benchmark and reporting pipeline
Roadmap
From benchmark infrastructure to a broader real-world product stack
Benchmark Infrastructure Foundation
Establish the base architecture linking the gameplay platform, persistent data layer, and subnet evaluation loop.
- Platform + subnet benchmark loop established
- Canonical gameplay data model and storage pipeline in place
- Initial validator-facing evaluation feed defined
- Baseline telemetry and reporting for reproducible scoring
The gameplay platform and the subnet operate as one reproducible benchmark system.
ARENA Public Rollout
Launch Poker44 Arena publicly and turn live gameplay into a dynamic benchmark for training and evaluating open bot-detection models.
- Public benchmark tables, custom tables, and tournaments online
- Integrated bot profiles running across live sessions
- Persistent gameplay data captured for model benchmarking
- Gameplay-first product experience aligned with subnet evaluation
ARENA is live and continuously generating benchmark signal for the subnet.
Model Competition and Coverage Expansion
Expand the benchmark, increase behavioral diversity, and harden the open model ecosystem around Poker44.
- More bot profiles and richer gameplay distributions
- Broader tournament formats and session structures
- Better validator reporting and benchmark observability
- Stronger open-source model iteration and public comparison
The benchmark becomes broader, more realistic, and harder to game.
Parallel Product Expansion
Extend the long-term product vision beyond the subnet with decentralized poker tables and smart-contract workflows as a parallel track.
- Decentralized tables with smart-contract logic explored in parallel
- Operator-grade product layer around subnet-trained models
- External integrations with clients and real-world use cases
- A broader trust layer built on top of Poker44 model infrastructure
Smart-contract poker evolves as a separate product line, not as the subnet’s core activity.
Ready for Arena + Subnet 126?
Explore the subnet, enter Poker44 Arena, or dive into the open-source stack behind the benchmark.