From 0ff75dc0fdf766bdb0dfd2d632507d12007ce9c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman Chkhaidze <basfroman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 02:17:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] CHANGELOG.md + version

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 9 +++++++++
 pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ab03c5bde0..abb72532a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 10.0.0rc1 /2025-10-14
+
+## What's Changed
+* This release marks the first release candidate for Bittensor SDK v10.0.0, representing a major breaking revision of the Python SDK.
+* It includes a full refactor of the extrinsic layer, API standardization across Subtensor, and the introduction of multiple-mechanism (sub-subnet) support.
+* For a complete list of breaking changes and migration details, see the **MIGRATION_GUIDE.md** file in the repository.
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v9.12.0...SDKv10
+
 ## 9.12.0 /2025-10-08
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d23b21eef8..b00d271850 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "bittensor"
-version = "10.0.0rc"
+version = "10.0.0rc1"
 description = "Bittensor SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [