- ASIC
- A chip designed for a specialized application. For a mining project, identify the exact algorithm and supported device configuration.
- Hashrate
- The rate of hashing work, expressed with a unit and an algorithm. Different algorithms are not comparable merely because their rates share a unit.
- TH/s
- Terahashes per second. One terahash is one trillion hashes; the algorithm remains part of the measurement context.
- J/TH
- Joules per terahash. For compatible observations, divide power in watts by hashrate in TH/s. Lower values use less energy per unit of hashing work.
- Watt
- A unit of power equal to one joule per second. It describes an energy-use rate rather than a total over a billing period.
- Kilowatt-hour
- An energy unit. A constant one-kilowatt load running for one hour uses one kilowatt-hour.
- Stratum
- A family of mining communication protocols. Verify exact implementation and version support across the complete connection path.
- Worker
- An operational identity whose meaning needs to be defined: it might represent a physical miner, a configured pool worker, or a sample record.
- Telemetry
- Observations reported by a system. Useful records carry identity, units, timestamps, and a clear distinction between zero and missing values.
- Freshness
- The age of an observation relative to the question being asked. A reachable collector does not guarantee that its device readings are current.
- GPU utilization
- A supported device-activity observation that needs workload context. It should not be treated as a universal measure of useful application throughput.
- Read-only
- An access boundary that permits observation without authority to modify the underlying system. Enforce it through actual permissions, not just interface labels.
- Fixture
- A fixed example dataset used to exercise software behavior. The public mining JSON files on this site are fictional fixtures, not live feeds.
- Prompt injection
- A risk in which untrusted content influences a language model’s behavior. Keep permissions enforced outside the model and important conclusions reviewed.
- Measurement boundary
- The scope of what a figure includes, such as device input power, a rack, or an entire site. Comparisons need compatible boundaries.
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