Pricing Configuration

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Pricing Concepts

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Payment Currency

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Pricing Models

1. Video Transcoding: Per video segment processed

• Unit: Pixels processed (width x height)
• Calculation: pixels processed × price per pixel

2. AI Processing: Priced per capability / model.

• Unit: Price per capability/model
• Calculation:
  • Per-pixel payments: Calculated as width × height × outputs
  • Per-request payments: Single payment per AI request
  • Live video payments: Interval-based payments during streaming (configurable)

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Pricing Configuration Flags

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Video Transcoding Core Flags

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AI Processing Core Flags

{
  "capabilities_prices": [
    {
      "pipeline": "text-to-image",
      "model_id": "stabilityai/sd-turbo",
      "price_per_unit": 1000,
      "pixels_per_unit": 1
    }
  ]
}

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Fee Payment Calculation & Process

• Per-segment payments: Each video segment generates a payment ticket -> segment_rpc.go:
• Fee calculation: Based on pixels processed × price per pixel -> segment_rpc.go

• Per-pixel payments: Calculated as width × height × outputs live_payment.go
• Live video: Uses interval-based payments during streaming ai_http.go

1. Gateway sends payment with segment/request to Orchestrator live_payment.go
2. Orchestrator validates payment and updates balance segment_rpc.go
3. Fees are debited from Gateway’s balance account ai_http.go

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Configuration Methods

1. Command-line flags
     -maxPricePerUnit=1000 \
     -pixelsPerUnit=1
   
2. JSON Configuration file (plain text key value format)

3. HTTP API - can be used at runtime to make adjustments without restart
   • /setBroadcastConfig: Set general pricing
   • /setMaxPriceForCapability: Set AI model pricing
4. CLI Tool

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Orchestrator Configuration & Price Information (Gateway Reference)

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Per-Gateway Pricing (can be set by Orchestrators)

{
  "gateways": [
    {
      "ethaddress": "0x123...",
      "priceperunit": 0.5,
      "currency": "USD",
      "pixelsperunit": 1000000000000
    }
  ]
}

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Price Calculation

1. Checks for fixed prices per manifest ID
2. Gets base price from Orchestrator configuration
3. For AI workloads, sums prices of individual capability/model pairs
4. Applies auto-adjustment based on transaction costs if enabled

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Dynamic Price Adjustment

if !orch.node.AutoAdjustPrice {
    return basePrice, nil
}
// Apply overhead multiplier based on tx costs
overhead := big.NewRat(1, 1)
if basePrice.Num().Cmp(big.NewInt(0)) > 0 {
    txCostMultiplier, err := orch.node.Recipient.TxCostMultiplier(sender)
    if txCostMultiplier.Cmp(big.NewRat(0, 1)) > 0 {
        overhead = overhead.Add(overhead, new(big.Rat).Inv(txCostMultiplier))
    }
}

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Full List of Gateway Pricing Configuration Flags

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Video Transcoding Pricing Flags

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AI Processing Pricing Flags

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Payment Ticket Flags

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Gas & Transaction Flags (Affect Pricing)

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Orchestrator-Specific Pricing (For Reference)

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Notes

• Gateway flags control what you pay (max prices)
• Orchestrator flags control what you charge (actual prices)
• AI pricing uses the maxPricePerCapability JSON structure for per-model pricing
• All prices can be specified in wei or with currency suffix (e.g., “0.50USD”)
• Default “0” values mean accept any price or use system defaults

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