Merge branch 'staging' into fix/2188-configure_uvicorn_event_loop

Author: basfroman

bittensor/core/metagraph.py

@@ -773,14 +773,6 @@ def _set_metagraph_attributes(self, block: int):
             [neuron.validator_trust for neuron in self.neurons],
             dtype=self._dtype_registry["float32"],
         )
-        self.total_stake = self._create_tensor(
-            [neuron.total_stake.tao for neuron in self.neurons],
-            dtype=self._dtype_registry["float32"],
-        )
-        self.stake = self._create_tensor(
-            [neuron.stake.tao for neuron in self.neurons],
-            dtype=self._dtype_registry["float32"],
-        )
         self.axons = [n.axon_info for n in self.neurons]
 
     def save(self, root_dir: Optional[list[str]] = None) -> "MetagraphMixin":
@@ -1634,7 +1626,7 @@ def __init__(
         subtensor: Optional["Subtensor"] = None,
     ):
         super().__init__(netuid, network, lite, sync, subtensor)
-        if sync:
+        if self.should_sync:
             self.sync()
 
     def sync(