SOMA

Create a new Bittensor coldkey wallet

btcli wallet new_coldkey --wallet.name <your_wallet>

Create a new hotkey for the wallet

btcli wallet new_hotkey --wallet.name <your_wallet> --wallet.hotkey <your_hotkey>

Register hotkey on mainnet subnet (netuid 114, requires stake)

btcli subnet register --netuid 114 --wallet.name <your_wallet> --wallet.hotkey <your_hotkey>

Install subnet dependencies

pip install -e .

Upload compression solution to SOMA platform

cd miner && python3 miner/upload_miner_with_openrouter_key.py

Create and activate Python 3.11+ virtual environment

python3.11 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate

Upgrade pip package manager

pip install --upgrade pip

Install subnet and validator-specific dependencies

pip install -e . && pip install -r reqs_tmp.txt

Copy example configuration and edit with your values (platform URL, signer SS58, etc.)

cd validator && cp .env.example .env && nano .env

Install PM2 process manager globally

npm install -g pm2

Start validator with PM2 auto-update watcher (checks for updates every 60s)

cd /path/to/MCP-subnet/validator && pm2 start run_validator.sh --name mcp-validator-watch --interpreter bash -- 60

Configure PM2 to auto-restart on system reboot(optional)

pm2 startup && pm2 save