fix: skip stake validation in no-bittensor mode for PeerIdentified event

- Parse created_at timestamp from Docker container info instead of using current time
- Skip stake validation when validate_stake is disabled (--no-bittensor mode)
- Show 'stake: N/A - local mode' in logs for local testing

Author: echobt

bins/validator-node/src/main.rs

@@ -1791,6 +1791,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                     }
                     NetworkEvent::PeerIdentified { peer_id, hotkey, agent_version } => {
                         let peer_str = peer_id.to_string();
+                        let should_validate_stake = protection.config().validate_stake;
 
                         if let Some(ref hk) = hotkey {
                             // Convert hex hotkey to SS58 for display
@@ -1805,6 +1806,13 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                                 hk[..16.min(hk.len())].to_string()
                             };
 
+                            // Skip stake validation if disabled (--no-bittensor mode)
+                            if !should_validate_stake {
+                                protection.check_hotkey_connection(hk, &peer_str, None);
+                                info!("Peer identified: {} (hotkey: {}, stake: N/A - local mode)", peer_id, ss58);
+                                continue;
+                            }
+
                             // Validate stake immediately
                             let has_sufficient_stake = {
                                 if let Ok(bytes) = hex::decode(hk) {

crates/secure-container-runtime/src/broker.rs

@@ -661,7 +661,12 @@ impl ContainerBroker {
                         .and_then(|c| c.image.clone())
                         .unwrap_or_default(),
                     state,
-                    created_at: chrono::Utc::now(), // TODO: parse from info
+                    created_at: info
+                        .created
+                        .as_ref()
+                        .and_then(|s| chrono::DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(s).ok())
+                        .map(|dt| dt.with_timezone(&chrono::Utc))
+                        .unwrap_or_else(chrono::Utc::now),
                     ports: self.get_container_ports(container_id).await,
                     endpoint: None,
                     labels,