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# Provide Compute

A provider shares selected local AI pipelines with other BonzAI users.

## Scenario

1. Test the model/pipeline locally.
2. Open Network settings and choose Provider.
3. Select supported pipelines and availability.
4. Register/advertise through LAN or the configured provider registry.
5. Serve accepted requests.
6. Receive direct paid-inference settlement and/or record service time for configured pool rewards.
7. Use contribution/staking records where the v4 route is enabled.

Direct x402-style payments compensate individual remote requests. Service-time epochs compensate eligible provider activity from a pool. Proof-of-Contribution routes can attach provider work to a specific downstream asset or job. These are separate accounting paths.

Staked `$BONZAI` supplies a durable trust signal; successful service, reliability, and evidence provide the contribution signal.