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"web3", "concept" ] }, { "term": "Deposit", "definition": "Funds (ETH) locked by a gateway into the TicketBroker smart contract to pay orchestrators via probabilistic micropayments.", "category": "economic:payment", "tabs": [ "gateways" ], "tags": [ "economic", "payment" ] }, { "term": "Dev Call", "definition": "Recurring meeting where core developers discuss protocol development, node releases, and roadmap.", "category": "operational:community", "tabs": [ "community" ], "tags": [ "operational", "community" ] }, { "term": "Developer", "definition": "Anyone building applications using Livepeer, typically through hosted services such as Livepeer Studio, Daydream, or Streamplace, or via library SDKs.", "category": "livepeer:role", "tabs": [ "resources" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "role" ] }, { "term": "Developer Platform", "definition": "The abstraction layer providing tools, APIs, dashboards, and hosted services for building applications on top of Livepeer.", "category": "livepeer:product", 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"Payment Channel", "definition": "An off-chain mechanism where two parties conduct multiple transactions and only settle the final state on-chain, reducing per-transaction gas costs.", "category": "economic:payment", "tabs": [ "about" ], "tags": [ "economic", "payment" ] }, { "term": "Payment Ticket", "definition": "Signed off-chain data structure issued by a gateway to an orchestrator representing a probabilistic payment; only winning tickets are redeemable on-chain for their ETH face value.", "category": "economic:payment", "tabs": [ "about", "lpt", "resources" ], "tags": [ "economic", "payment" ] }, { "term": "Pending Rewards", "definition": "Inflationary LPT and ETH fees that have been earned through staking but not yet claimed by calling the claim earnings function.", "category": "economic:reward", "tabs": [ "lpt" ], "tags": [ "economic", "reward" ] }, { "term": "Per Pixel (Price Per Pixel)", "definition": "Livepeer's unit-based pricing mechanism where fees are calculated based on 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}, { "term": "Player", "definition": "Livepeer's embeddable video player component (lvpr.tv) with built-in support for HLS adaptive bitrate streaming and WebRTC low-latency fallback.", "category": "video:playback", "tabs": [ "solutions" ], "tags": [ "video", "playback" ] }, { "term": "PM (Probabilistic Micropayment)", "definition": "Lottery-based payment scheme where gateways send signed tickets to orchestrators and only winning tickets are redeemed on-chain, amortising transaction costs across many payments.", "category": "economic:payment", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "economic", "payment" ] }, { "term": "Pool", "definition": "Group of transcoder or worker nodes coordinated under a single orchestrator for increased capacity and redundancy.", "category": "livepeer:deployment", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "deployment" ] }, { "term": "Pool Operator", "definition": "Entity running an orchestrator that coordinates a pool of transcoder or worker nodes, 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"term": "Price per pixel", "definition": "Fundamental pricing unit for transcoding: cost in wei for processing one pixel of video.", "category": "economic:pricing", "tabs": [ "community", "lpt" ], "tags": [ "economic", "pricing" ] }, { "term": "pricePerCapability", "definition": "CLI flag setting the price per unit for a specific AI pipeline and model pair, overriding the default pricePerUnit for that capability.", "category": "livepeer:config", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "config" ] }, { "term": "pricePerGateway", "definition": "JSON configuration allowing orchestrators to set customised per-gateway-address pricing, enabling different rates for specific gateway partners.", "category": "livepeer:config", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "config" ] }, { "term": "pricePerUnit", "definition": "CLI flag setting the transcoding price in wei per pixelsPerUnit that an orchestrator advertises to gateways.", "category": "livepeer:config", "tabs": [ 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"definition": "The on-chain process of cashing in a winning probabilistic micropayment ticket for its face value in ETH via the TicketBroker contract.", "category": "economic:payment", "tabs": [ "gateways" ], "tags": [ "economic", "payment" ] }, { "term": "Remote Signer", "definition": "A service that holds private keys securely in an isolated environment and signs transactions on behalf of a Livepeer gateway or orchestrator node.", "category": "technical:security", "tabs": [ "gateways", "orchestrators", "resources" ], "tags": [ "technical", "security" ] }, { "term": "Rendition", "definition": "Single encoded version of a source video at a specific resolution, bitrate, and codec configuration, produced during transcoding.", "category": "video:processing", "tabs": [ "solutions", "gateways", "orchestrators", "resources" ], "tags": [ "video", "processing" ] }, { "term": "Reputation", "definition": "A measure of an orchestrator's performance, reliability, and trustworthiness that 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retains before distributing the remainder to its delegators.", "category": "economic:reward", "tabs": [ "about", "orchestrators", "community", "lpt", "resources" ], "tags": [ "economic", "reward" ] }, { "term": "RFP (Request for Proposal)", "definition": "Formal solicitation posted by the community or Foundation inviting teams to submit proposals for defined work.", "category": "operational:governance", "tabs": [ "community" ], "tags": [ "operational", "governance" ] }, { "term": "Rollups", "definition": "Layer-2 scaling solutions that execute transactions off-chain and post compressed data or proofs to Layer 1 to inherit its security guarantees.", "category": "web3:concept", "tabs": [ "resources" ], "tags": [ "web3", "concept" ] }, { "term": "Room", "definition": "Multi-participant WebRTC video session managed by Livepeer Studio, enabling multiple users to simultaneously broadcast and receive audio and video.", "category": "video:studio", "tabs": [ "solutions" ], "tags": [ "video", "studio" ] }, { "term": "Round", "definition": "A discrete time interval defined in Arbitrum/Ethereum blocks during which staking rewards are calculated, the active set is determined, and protocol state is updated; approximately one day.", "category": "livepeer:protocol", "tabs": [ "about", "orchestrators", "community", "lpt", "resources" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "protocol" ] }, { "term": "RoundsManager", "definition": "The Livepeer smart contract that tracks round progression, stores the current round number, and coordinates round-based protocol state transitions.", "category": "livepeer:contract", "tabs": [ "orchestrators", "lpt" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "contract" ] }, { "term": "RPC (Remote Procedure Call)", "definition": "Protocol allowing a program to execute a procedure on a remote server; in blockchain contexts, the mechanism for querying and submitting transactions to a node.", "category": "technical:protocol", "tabs": [ "community" ], "tags": [ "technical", "protocol" ] }, { "term": "RTMP (Real-Time Messaging Protocol)", "definition": "TCP-based protocol for streaming audio, video, and data over a network, operating on port 1935; the dominant ingest protocol for live broadcasting software.", "category": "video:protocol", "tabs": [ "about", "solutions", "developers", "gateways", "orchestrators", "resources" ], "tags": [ "video", "protocol" ] }, { "term": "RTMPS", "definition": "RTMP transported over a TLS/SSL connection, adding encryption to protect live video streams and metadata during ingest.", "category": "video:protocol", "tabs": [ "solutions" ], "tags": [ "video", "protocol" ] }, { "term": "RTX (NVIDIA RTX)", "definition": "NVIDIA's current consumer GPU product line featuring dedicated Tensor cores that accelerate AI/ML inference workloads; RTX GPUs are well-suited for Livepeer AI pipeline tasks.", "category": "technical:hardware", "tabs": [ "gateways", "orchestrators", "developers" ], "tags": [ "technical", "hardware" ] }, { "term": "SAM 2", 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"Segmentation", "definition": "(1) Video: the process of dividing a continuous video stream into short discrete chunks for HTTP-based delivery. (2) AI: task partitioning a digital image into regions by assigning a semantic label to every pixel.", "category": "video:processing", "tabs": [ "solutions", "developers", "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "video", "processing" ] }, { "term": "Self-Hosted", "definition": "A deployment model in which the operator runs their own infrastructure rather than relying on a managed cloud service; Livepeer gateways and AI nodes can be self-hosted on any compatible hardware.", "category": "technical:deployment", "tabs": [ "developers", "gateways" ], "tags": [ "technical", "deployment" ] }, { "term": "Service Margin", "definition": "A markup that gateway operators add on top of orchestrator costs when reselling gateway access to end users.", "category": "economic:pricing", "tabs": [ "gateways" ], "tags": [ "economic", "pricing" ] }, { "term": "Service URI", "definition": "The on-chain registered endpoint URL that gateways use to discover and establish a connection with an orchestrator node.", "category": "livepeer:config", "tabs": [ "about", "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "config" ] }, { "term": "ServiceRegistry", "definition": "A smart contract on Arbitrum where orchestrators register their service URI so that on-chain gateways can discover and contact them.", "category": "livepeer:contract", "tabs": [ "gateways", "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "contract" ] }, { "term": "Session", "definition": "An active connection between a gateway and an orchestrator during which one or more jobs are processed within a continuous work period.", "category": "livepeer:protocol", "tabs": [ "about", "solutions", "gateways", "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "protocol" ] }, { "term": "Settlement", "definition": "The on-chain finalization of off-chain payment obligations via ticket redemption through the TicketBroker contract.", "category": "economic:payment", "tabs": [ "gateways" ], "tags": [ "economic", "payment" ] }, { "term": "Signing Key", "definition": "Public/private cryptographic keypair used to sign and verify JWTs that gate access to access-controlled streams and assets in Livepeer Studio.", "category": "video:studio", "tabs": [ "solutions" ], "tags": [ "video", "studio" ] }, { "term": "Signer", "definition": "The cryptographic key holder or process that authorizes payment tickets and Ethereum transactions on behalf of a gateway node.", "category": "technical:security", "tabs": [ "gateways" ], "tags": [ "technical", "security" ] }, { "term": "Siphon", "definition": "Lightweight component directing incoming work to the correct processing path within an orchestrator, or routing a subset of network traffic to specific orchestrators for staged rollout.", "category": "livepeer:deployment", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "deployment" ] }, { "term": "SLA (Service Level Agreement)", "definition": "A formal commitment between a service provider and a customer defining expected performance levels, uptime guarantees, and 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underperformance.", "category": "livepeer:protocol", "tabs": [ "resources" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "protocol" ] }, { "term": "Smart Contract", "definition": "Self-executing program on a blockchain that automatically enforces agreement terms without intermediaries.", "category": "web3:concept", "tabs": [ "home", "developers" ], "tags": [ "web3", "concept" ] }, { "term": "Smoke Test", "definition": "Preliminary test verifying that an AI pipeline or node configuration is working correctly before deploying to production or accepting live traffic.", "category": "operational:monitoring", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "operational", "monitoring" ] }, { "term": "Snowmelt", "definition": "Alpha phase of the Livepeer roadmap where the protocol was designed and incentives implemented, culminating in testnet launch.", "category": "livepeer:upgrade", "tabs": [ "home" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "upgrade" ] }, { "term": "Solo Operator", "definition": "Orchestrator deployment where a single 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in a compressed latent space for efficient high-quality image synthesis.", "category": "ai:model", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "ai", "model" ] }, { "term": "StableLab", "definition": "Governance services firm serving as first GovWorks Chair, building transparent governance frameworks for Livepeer.", "category": "livepeer:entity", "tabs": [ "community" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "entity" ] }, { "term": "Stake", "definition": "LPT bonded to an orchestrator through the protocol, representing a commitment that secures the network and determines the holder's proportional share of rewards, governance power, and work allocation.", "category": "web3:tokenomics", "tabs": [ "lpt", "resources" ], "tags": [ "web3", "tokenomics" ] }, { "term": "Stake Weight", "definition": "An orchestrator's proportional influence in the network, determined by total bonded LPT (self-stake plus delegated stake), affecting active set rank, reward share, and governance vote weight.", "category": "economic:reward", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "economic", "reward" ] }, { "term": "Stake-for-Access", "definition": "A model where staking the protocol's native token is required to perform work or access network services, converting participation into token buying pressure.", "category": "livepeer:protocol", "tabs": [ "resources" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "protocol" ] }, { "term": "Stake-Weighted", "definition": "A mechanism where each participant's voting power, reward allocation, or selection probability is proportional to their staked token balance rather than equal per-participant.", "category": "livepeer:governance", "tabs": [ "about", "lpt" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "governance" ] }, { "term": "Stake-Weighted Voting", "definition": "A governance voting system where each participant's vote weight is proportional to their bonded LPT stake.", "category": "livepeer:protocol", "tabs": [ "about", "community", "lpt" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "protocol" ] }, { "term": "Staking", "definition": "Locking LPT tokens in a proof-of-stake protocol to participate in network security, governance, and earn inflationary rewards and fee income.", "category": "economic:reward", "tabs": [ "home", "community", "lpt", "resources" ], "tags": [ "economic", "reward" ] }, { "term": "Stream", "definition": "Top-level Livepeer Studio object representing a live broadcast channel, configured with a stream key, playback ID, transcoding profiles, and optional recording and multistream settings.", "category": "video:studio", "tabs": [ "solutions" ], "tags": [ "video", "studio" ] }, { "term": "Stream Key", "definition": "Secret credential used by broadcasters to authenticate and push live video to a stream's ingest endpoint; equivalent to a password for the RTMP or SRT connection.", "category": "video:studio", "tabs": [ "solutions" ], "tags": [ "video", "studio" ] }, { "term": "StreamDiffusion", "definition": "Optimized real-time diffusion pipeline using stream batching and 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"community" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "product" ] }, { "term": "Style Transfer", "definition": "Using deep neural networks to apply the visual style of one image or video to the content of another.", "category": "ai:application", "tabs": [ "home" ], "tags": [ "ai", "application" ] }, { "term": "Sub-second Latency", "definition": "Video delivery with end-to-end delay under one second, typically achieved via WebRTC's UDP-based transport.", "category": "video:playback", "tabs": [ "developers" ], "tags": [ "video", "playback" ] }, { "term": "Subgraph", "definition": "Custom open API defining how Livepeer on-chain data is indexed and queried via GraphQL, built on The Graph protocol.", "category": "web3:concept", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "web3", "concept" ] }, { "term": "Supply", "definition": "The total number of LPT tokens in existence at any given time, starting from a genesis supply of 10 million and growing continuously through inflationary issuance.", "category": 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] }, { "term": "Ticket Broker", "definition": "The TicketBroker smart contract that manages Livepeer's probabilistic micropayment system, holding gateway deposits and reserves, and processing winning ticket redemptions.", "category": "livepeer:contract", "tabs": [ "about", "gateways", "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "contract" ] }, { "term": "Throughput", "definition": "Rate of successful data processing per unit time, measuring the volume of work an orchestrator can complete (segments transcoded per second, or AI requests per minute).", "category": "operational:monitoring", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "operational", "monitoring" ] }, { "term": "Timelock", "definition": "A smart contract mechanism that enforces a mandatory delay between when a governance proposal passes and when it can be executed on-chain.", "category": "web3:governance", "tabs": [ "community", "lpt" ], "tags": [ "web3", "governance" ] }, { "term": "Titan Node", "definition": "Community orchestrator group in Western North America providing education, Start Up Grants, and pre-configured hardware for running Livepeer orchestrators.", "category": "livepeer:tool", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "tool" ] }, { "term": "Token Distribution", "definition": "The allocation and dispersal of LPT tokens across founders, team, investors, and the public through mechanisms including the Merkle Mine, vesting schedules, and inflationary issuance.", "category": "web3:tokenomics", "tabs": [ "lpt" ], "tags": [ "web3", "tokenomics" ] }, { "term": "Tokenomics", "definition": "The economic design of a token system encompassing supply, distribution, incentives, staking, inflation, governance rights, and deflationary mechanisms.", "category": "web3:tokenomics", "tabs": [ "community", "lpt", "resources" ], "tags": [ "web3", "tokenomics" ] }, { "term": "Transcode Fail Rate", "definition": "Percentage of source segments that an orchestrator fails to transcode successfully, used as a performance and reliability metric by gateways.", "category": "operational:monitoring", "tabs": [ "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "operational", "monitoring" ] }, { "term": "Transcoding", "definition": "Direct digital-to-digital conversion of video from one encoding format or bitrate to another for adaptive multi-rendition delivery.", "category": "video:processing", "tabs": [ "home", "about", "solutions", "developers", "gateways", "orchestrators", "lpt", "community", "resources" ], "tags": [ "video", "processing" ] }, { "term": "Transformer", "definition": "A neural network architecture that uses self-attention mechanisms to process sequential data in parallel, forming the basis of most modern large language models and many vision models.", "category": "ai:concept", "tabs": [ "resources" ], "tags": [ "ai", "concept" ] }, { "term": "Transformation SPE", "definition": "SPE seeding new contribution mechanisms, coordinating talent, and directing budgets for ecosystem workstreams.", "category": "livepeer:entity", "tabs": [ "community" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "entity" ] }, { "term": "Treasury", "definition": "Pool of LPT and ETH held on-chain for funding public goods and ecosystem development, governed by token holder votes via the LivepeerGovernor contract.", "category": "economic:treasury", "tabs": [ "home", "about", "developers", "orchestrators", "lpt", "community", "resources" ], "tags": [ "economic", "treasury" ] }, { "term": "Treasury Allocation", "definition": "A governance-approved distribution of treasury funds to a specific proposal, SPE, or grant recipient.", "category": "economic:treasury", "tabs": [ "lpt" ], "tags": [ "economic", "treasury" ] }, { "term": "Treasury Forum", "definition": "Forum section for treasury proposals, SPE funding discussions, and resource allocation.", "category": "operational:community", "tabs": [ "community" ], "tags": [ "operational", "community" ] }, { "term": "Treasury Governance", "definition": "The on-chain process by which LPT stakeholders propose, vote on, and execute allocation of community treasury funds for ecosystem development.", "category": "economic:treasury", "tabs": [ "lpt" ], "tags": [ "economic", "treasury" ] }, { "term": "Treasury Reward Cut Rate", "definition": "Governable percentage of per-round LPT inflation diverted to the community treasury instead of being distributed directly to orchestrators and delegators (currently 10%).", "category": "economic:treasury", "tabs": [ "community", "lpt" ], "tags": [ "economic", "treasury" ] }, { "term": "Treasury Talk", "definition": "Recurring community call focused on treasury discussions and SPE updates.", "category": "operational:community", "tabs": [ "community" ], "tags": [ "operational", "community" ] }, { "term": "Tributary", "definition": "Beta phase of the Livepeer roadmap where LPMS supported most live streaming use cases and mainnet was deployed.", "category": "livepeer:upgrade", "tabs": [ "home" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "upgrade" ] }, { "term": "Trickle Streaming Protocol", "definition": "Low-latency HTTP-based streaming protocol for real-time media transport between Livepeer nodes, enabling frame-level AI processing on live streams.", "category": "livepeer:sdk", "tabs": [ "developers" ], "tags": [ "livepeer", "sdk" ] }, { "term": "Trustless", "definition": "System property where participants interact using cryptographic proofs rather than requiring trust in any third party.", "category": "web3:concept", "tabs": [ "home" ], "tags": [ "web3", "concept" ] }, { "term": "TTFF (Time to First Frame)", "definition": "Duration from the moment a viewer presses play to the first video frame rendered on screen; a key quality-of-experience metric for streaming performance.", "category": "video:playback", "tabs": [ "solutions" ], "tags": [ "video", "playback" ] }, { "term": "TUS Upload", "definition": "Resumable file upload protocol over HTTP that allows interrupted large file uploads to resume from where they stopped rather than restarting from the beginning.", "category": "technical:security", "tabs": [ "solutions" ], "tags": [ "technical", "security" ] }, { "term": "Unbonding", "definition": "The process of initiating withdrawal of bonded LPT from an orchestrator, which triggers a 7-round waiting period (thawing period) before tokens become liquid and withdrawable.", "category": "web3:tokenomics", "tabs": [ "about", "lpt" ], "tags": [ "web3", "tokenomics" ] }, { "term": "Unbonding period", "definition": "Waiting period during which tokens are locked after initiating unbonding before becoming withdrawable (7 rounds in Livepeer).", "category": "web3:tokenomics", "tabs": [ "community" ], "tags": [ "web3", "tokenomics" ] }, { "term": "Upscaling", "definition": "Increasing image or video resolution using AI models that predict high-frequency detail not present in the source.", "category": "ai:pipeline", "tabs": [ "home", "orchestrators" ], "tags": [ "ai", "pipeline" ] }, { "term": "USD (United States 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