Key Terms

Core concepts you'll encounter throughout the documentation.

Participants

Client Publishes Sources and Tasks to the network, paying providers for computational work.

Provider Contributes GPU resources to execute tasks and earn $OGPU.

Master Controls provider operations without holding provider private keys (non-custodial management).

Core Concepts

Source An execution environment defined by Docker configuration, requirements, and constraints. Clients publish Sources; providers register for the ones they want to support.

Task A computational job published to a Source with payment and expiry time. Providers compete to execute tasks.

Delivery Method How task completion is determined:

• First Response — First valid response wins (speed-based)

• Manual Confirmation — Providers bid, client selects (price-based)

Protocol Components

Nexus Orchestrates sources, tasks, and provider registration.

Terminal Manages provider-master relationships and hardware registration.

Vault Handles payments, staking, and escrow.

Controller Handles access control and task publishing permissions.

See Glossary for the complete list of terms.