The chain mechanics the rest of these docs assume. Each page explains one part of
Bittensor's protocol as it behaves today, with the on-chain fields and thresholds
named so a claim here can be checked against the API.

* [Stake weight](/docs/protocol/stake-weight) — the two-component formula, and why
  root TAO counts differently from subnet Alpha.
* [Registration and permits](/docs/protocol/registration-and-permits) — what a UID
  costs, and why holding a validator permit is a different thing entirely.
* [Weight setting and rewards](/docs/protocol/weight-setting-and-rewards) — how
  validators score miners and how that becomes emission.
* [Proxies](/docs/protocol/proxies) — delegating scoped, revocable authority to
  another key without a multisig ceremony per action.
* [Root delegation](/docs/protocol/root-delegation) — how `set_children` backs child
  hotkeys across many subnets at once.