From c6fc50822ef1a3f05f78af60711b3fa38932d525 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman <roman@opentensor.dev>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:00:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add pypi version checker

---
 bittensor/utils/version.py | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bittensor/utils/version.py b/bittensor/utils/version.py
index 040a46a311..c8f899d760 100644
--- a/bittensor/utils/version.py
+++ b/bittensor/utils/version.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 import requests
-from packaging.version import Version
+from packaging.version import Version, InvalidVersion
 
+from bittensor import __name__
 from bittensor.core.settings import __version__, PIPADDRESS
 from bittensor.utils.btlogging import logging
 
@@ -115,3 +116,27 @@ def version_checking(timeout: int = 15):
         check_version(timeout)
     except VersionCheckError:
         logging.exception("Version check failed")
+
+
+def check_latest_version_in_pypi():
+    """Check for the latest version of the package on PyPI."""
+    package_name = __name__
+    url = f"https://pypi.org/pypi/{package_name}/json"
+
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        latest_version = response.json()["info"]["version"]
+        installed_version = __version__
+        try:
+            if Version(installed_version) < Version(latest_version):
+                print(
+                    f"\n🔔 New version is available `{package_name} v.{latest_version}`"
+                )
+                print("📦 Use command `pip install --upgrade bittensor` to update.")
+        except InvalidVersion:
+            # stay silent if InvalidVersion
+            pass
+    except (requests.RequestException, KeyError) as e:
+        # stay silent if not internet connection or pypi.org issue
+        pass

From 714f4fb0b5cf4d5aa6024fe82aca7e7bd0b84fa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman <roman@opentensor.dev>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:01:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add call

---
 bittensor/__main__.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bittensor/__main__.py b/bittensor/__main__.py
index 65734ad99f..f3cc1e6487 100644
--- a/bittensor/__main__.py
+++ b/bittensor/__main__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from bittensor import __version__
+from bittensor.utils.version import check_latest_version_in_pypi
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == "certifi":
@@ -18,4 +19,5 @@
         # Run the script
         subprocess.run([certifi_script], check=True)
     else:
-        print(f"Bittensor SDK version: {__version__}")
+        print(f"Installed Bittensor SDK version: {__version__}")
+        check_latest_version_in_pypi()