Glossary
B3IQ terms for operators, developers, and protocol readers.
Core Terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Host agent | Local Go service that owns node identity, inventory, local setup APIs, runtime probes, model jobs, receipts, heartbeats, and command polling |
| Setup wizard | Local React UI served by the host agent at /setup |
| Local Mode | Local node setup and inference without cloud enrollment |
| Managed Mode | Control-plane enrollment with signed heartbeats and outbound command polling |
| Network Mode | Gated readiness for serving routed inference to the owning account — requires route, model, benchmark, queue, and policy readiness |
| Machine mode | Per-machine operating mode: bare_metal (default — dedicated to the owner, SSH on, serves the owner's own inference) or earn (excluded from all B3IQ inference and SSH so the machine can be offered to external GPU marketplaces) |
| Model profile | B3IQ model readiness object with install state, runtime, route tier, benchmark, and paid-route policy |
| Observed benchmark | Control-plane-observed benchmark evidence used by hosted model listing and billable dispatch |
| Route tier | Serving-policy class such as local_convenience, portable_local, network_beta, datacenter_optimized, or fleet_orchestrated |
| Route readiness | Public-safe diagnosis of whether a node/model can serve routed paid work |
| Hosted gateway | Hosted OpenAI-compatible endpoint surface backed by B3IQ router, own-account routing, and receipts |
| Mixture of Experts | One chat request fanned out to several expert models (optionally combined by an aggregator model) via b3iq.mixture, returning one combined answer with a metadata-only trace |
| Private transport | Encrypted private-job transport that protects content from B3IQ services and public surfaces, not yet from node operators |
| Receipt | Signed evidence of completed work and usage |
| Payout batch | Public-safe aggregate of node payout rows committed through a root and optional settlement proof |
| B3IQSettlement | Payout proof pilot reference used for public-safe payout batch settlement evidence on the settlement network |
Credential Prefixes
| Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| b3iq_local_ | Local API key for host-agent local inference clients |
| b3iq_gateway_ | Hosted gateway API key; routes inference to the machines on your account (inference is free) |
| b3iq_support_ | Expiring diagnostics support grant |
| b3iq_pat_ | Personal access token for the b3iq CLI and automation, minted from Settings → CLI tokens |
Public-Safe
Public-safe means suitable for public docs, explorer payloads, and public settlement metadata. Public-safe data can include IDs, hashes, roots, counts, aggregate totals, readiness blockers, status, public settlement tx hashes, and summarized benchmark evidence.
Public-safe data excludes prompts, outputs, secrets, exact private routes, customer identity, local URLs, filesystem paths, raw logs, and raw TEE material.