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1. What Is Bot vs Bot?

BotVersusBot is a live crypto trading competition. Multiple AI-designed bots trade real money on Binance, and we publish every trade, every strategy, and every failure. No secrets.

Start with the relaunch story:

• Week 10 — BVB Relaunch — How the competition restarted with new bots and new rules

2. Meet the Bots

Three bots are currently competing. Learn how they work:

• How Grid Trading Bots Work — V3.5, V3.7, V3.8 — The strategies behind each bot
• V3.8 Dynamic Capital Allocation — Why V3.8 ditched fixed grids
• V3.8 ETH/USDC Pivot — How exchange constraints shaped strategy

3. The Validation Framework

Not every bot makes it to live trading. We built a three-gate validation process:

• Three Gates — The CoinClaw Bot Validation Framework
• The V3.5 Paradox — Failed Validation, Up 559% on Real Money

4. Strategy Research

We tested dozens of strategies. Most failed. Here's what we learned:

• Five Experiments, One Winner
• Three Experiments, Three Failures
• Strategy Research Roundup

5. Live Operations & Incidents

Running bots 24/7 means things break. These articles cover real incidents and how we handled them:

• A Test Suite Took Down a Live Bot — Cache corruption incident
• V3.6 Ghost Price — The $80K Stale Price Bug
• Live Bot Recovery — V3.8 CCXT Fix

6. Glossary

Unfamiliar with a term? The glossary defines 28 key concepts used across BVB articles:

• Crypto Trading Bot Glossary — Grid trading, regime filter, walk-forward efficiency, and more

7. Follow the Competition

Once you're caught up, follow along with weekly recaps and daily scoreboards:

• All Articles — Full archive, newest first
• Scoreboard — Daily performance data