diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools~=70.0.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "bittensor"
+version = "9.0.3"
+description = "Bittensor"
+readme = "README.md"
+authors = [
+    {name = "bittensor.com"}
+]
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.13"
+dependencies = [
+    "wheel",
+    "setuptools~=70.0.0",
+    "aiohttp~=3.9",
+    "asyncstdlib~=3.13.0",
+    "colorama~=0.4.6",
+    "fastapi~=0.110.1",
+    "munch~=2.5.0",
+    "numpy~=2.0.1",
+    "msgpack-numpy-opentensor~=0.5.0",
+    "nest_asyncio",
+    "netaddr",
+    "packaging",
+    "python-statemachine~=2.1",
+    "pycryptodome>=3.18.0,<4.0.0",
+    "pyyaml",
+    "retry",
+    "requests",
+    "rich",
+    "pydantic>=2.3, <3",
+    "python-Levenshtein",
+    "scalecodec==1.2.11",
+    "uvicorn",
+    "websockets>=14.1",
+    "bittensor-commit-reveal>=0.2.0",
+    "bittensor-wallet>=3.0.4",
+    "async-substrate-interface>=1.0.4"
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest==7.2.0",
+    "pytest-asyncio==0.23.7",
+    "pytest-mock==3.12.0",
+    "pytest-split==0.8.0",
+    "pytest-xdist==3.0.2",
+    "pytest-rerunfailures==10.2",
+    "coveralls==3.3.1",
+    "pytest-cov==4.0.0",
+    "ddt==1.6.0",
+    "hypothesis==6.81.1",
+    "flake8==7.0.0",
+    "mypy==1.8.0",
+    "types-retry==0.9.9.4",
+    "freezegun==1.5.0",
+    "httpx==0.27.0",
+    "ruff==0.4.7",
+    "aioresponses==0.7.6",
+    "factory-boy==3.3.0",
+    "types-requests",
+    "torch>=1.13.1,<2.6.0"
+]
+torch = [
+    "torch>=1.13.1,<2.6.0"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+# more details can be found here
+homepage = "https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor"
+Repository = "https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor"
+
+[tool.flit.metadata]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+    "Topic :: Software Development",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules"
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = {"bittensor" = "bittensor"}
+script-files = ["bittensor/utils/certifi.sh"]
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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index 480a3f66bd..0000000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-import codecs
-import os
-import pathlib
-import re
-from io import open
-from os import path
-
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-
-def read_requirements(path_):
-    requirements_ = []
-
-    with pathlib.Path(path_).open() as requirements_txt:
-        for line in requirements_txt:
-            if line.startswith("git+"):
-                pkg_name = re.search(r"egg=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)", line.strip()).group(1)
-                requirements_.append(pkg_name + " @ " + line.strip())
-            else:
-                requirements_.append(line.strip())
-
-    return requirements_
-
-
-requirements = read_requirements("requirements/prod.txt")
-extra_requirements_dev = read_requirements("requirements/dev.txt")
-extra_requirements_cubit = read_requirements("requirements/cubit.txt")
-extra_requirements_torch = read_requirements("requirements/torch.txt")
-extra_requirements_cli = read_requirements("requirements/cli.txt")
-
-here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-
-with open(path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-
-# loading version from setup.py
-with codecs.open(
-    os.path.join(here, "bittensor/core/settings.py"), encoding="utf-8"
-) as init_file:
-    version_match = re.search(
-        r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", init_file.read(), re.M
-    )
-    version_string = version_match.group(1)
-
-setup(
-    name="bittensor",
-    version=version_string,
-    description="bittensor",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor",
-    author="bittensor.com",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*"]),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    package_data={
-        "bittensor": ["utils/certifi.sh"],
-    },
-    author_email="",
-    license="MIT",
-    python_requires=">=3.9",
-    install_requires=requirements,
-    extras_require={
-        "dev": extra_requirements_dev + extra_requirements_torch,
-        "torch": extra_requirements_torch,
-        "cli": extra_requirements_cli,
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
-        "Topic :: Software Development",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
-    ],
-)