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# Conflicts:
#	CHANGELOG.md
#	VERSION
#	bittensor/core/axon.py
#	bittensor/core/extrinsics/commit_reveal.py
#	bittensor/core/metagraph.py
#	bittensor/core/settings.py
#	bittensor/core/synapse.py
#	bittensor/utils/networking.py
#	requirements/dev.txt
#	requirements/torch.txt

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## 9.0.0rc5 /2025-02-07
+* Fix InfoBase + dataclasses @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2649
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v9.0.0rc4...v9.0.0rc5
+
+## 9.0.0rc4 /2025-02-07
+* Fix for extra fields from chain data by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2647
+* Adds get_all_commitments and fixes commitment tests and query_map @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2644
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v9.0.0rc2...v9.0.0rc3
+
+## 9.0.0rc3 /2025-02-06
+
+## What's Changed
+* Adds methods to better accommodate the new websocket implementation (long-lived) by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/commit/3c44be177edef8a799c2c9dc5e49916723cab5c2
+* Adds latent-lite network by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2641
+* Updates async-substrate-interface to 1.0.0rc12 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/commit/9d0b008e6163c84ed9267423324f30c3ec8af289
+* Bringing meta fields to a common form with float values float(TAO) instead of Balance and Tensor by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2642
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v9.0.0rc2...v9.0.0rc3
+
+## 9.0.0rc2 /2025-02-05
+
+## What's Changed
+* Small bug fixes and improvements by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2637
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v9.0.0rc1...v9.0.0rc2
+
+## 9.0.0rc1 /2025-02-05
+
+## What's Changed
+* Uses revamped Async Substrate Interface
+* Compatibility with Rao changes added
+* Completely revamped Async Subtensor introduced
+* Numerous improvements, bug fixes, and deprecations
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v8.5.1...v9.0.0rc1
+
 ## 8.5.2 /2025-01-17
 
 ## What's Changed

VERSION

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-8.5.2
+9.0.0rc5

bittensor/__init__.py

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-# The MIT License (MIT)
-# Copyright © 2024 Opentensor Foundation
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
-# documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
-# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
-# and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of
-# the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
-# THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
-# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
-# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
-# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
 import warnings
 
 from .core.settings import __version__, version_split, DEFAULTS, DEFAULT_NETWORK
-from .core.async_subtensor import AsyncSubtensor
 from .utils.btlogging import logging
-from .utils.deprecated import *
-
-
-async def async_subtensor(network: str = DEFAULT_NETWORK) -> AsyncSubtensor:
-    """
-    Creates an initialised AsyncSubtensor object.
-    """
-    async with AsyncSubtensor(network=network) as subtensor_:
-        return subtensor_
+from .utils.easy_imports import *
 
 
 def __getattr__(name):

bittensor/__main__.py

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-# The MIT License (MIT)
-# Copyright © 2024 Opentensor Foundation
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
-# documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
-# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
-# and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of
-# the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
-# THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
-# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
-# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
-# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys