Return the decoded list from AsyncSubtensor.get_staking_hotkeys

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Problem

AsyncSubtensor.get_staking_hotkeys returned the raw ScaleType wrapper (result or []) instead of the decoded value, unlike the sync subtensor which returns result.value or []. Callers expecting a list of hotkey ss58 addresses received an opaque object.

Root cause

The async getter forgot to call .value on the scale-encoded result before returning it.

The fix

Use .value (with an or [] fallback) to match the sync subtensor behaviour.

Testing

Verified in a clean dev environment (Python 3.12.3, bittensor 10.5.0, numpy 2.5.1, torch 2.13.0+cpu):

• make check is green: ruff format clean, mypy succeeds for python 3.10-3.14, ruff check passes.
• tests/unit_tests/test_async_subtensor.py passes with the fix (265 passed).
• The new regression tests are true regressions (pass with the fix, fail when the source change is reverted to staging):
  • test_get_staking_hotkeys_returns_value: with fix -> 1 passed; source reverted -> 1 failed.

Notes

• The separate chore(mypy) commit in this branch is required to keep the project's make check gate green on a fresh install: numpy 2.5 ships PEP 695 type aliases in numpy/__init__.pyi that mypy cannot parse when targeting --python-version < 3.12, so make check (mypy for py3.10..3.14) and the py3.10/py3.11 mypy CI jobs are red on staging today regardless of this change. Skipping numpy stubs in mypy.ini restores the gate without constraining the runtime numpy bound (>=2.0.1,<3.0.0). This is the same small config change the metagraph security PR carries.

Release Notes

• Fixed AsyncSubtensor.get_staking_hotkeys returning the raw response instead of the decoded list of hotkeys.