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A rental exists after the quoted purchase successfully allocates a machine. Renew manually at a new quote for another 30 days.","facts":[{"value":"30 days","label":"Paid term"},{"value":"Manual","label":"Renewal"},{"value":"No token fee","label":"Request limits still apply"}],"visual":"steps","steps":[{"title":"Check ready stock","detail":"Find a suitable machine and review its effective price before adding funds."},{"title":"Sign in and fund balance","detail":"Use Stripe card checkout or the CoinGate options offered at checkout."},{"title":"Confirm the current quote","detail":"The portal checks price and pricing version. A pending operation is unresolved."},{"title":"Use the allocated endpoint","detail":"A completed purchase supplies the rental. Confirm model readiness, then send text requests."}],"caption":"Documented purchase sequence, not a completed checkout test. Failed allocation reverses its charge to account balance.","sources":[{"label":"Current product reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/facts.json"},{"label":"Compute operation reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"}],"next":{"label":"Understand price changes and rental terms","path":"/compute/pricing"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-10","reviewedAt":"2026-09-16"},{"url":"https://www.proxies.sx/compute/providers","title":"Rent out your Mac for AI inference","summary":"A farmer account is required to provide compute. Create it first, then connect a Mac you already own and can keep available. 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Match a pinned model revision to an approved machine listing before planning a rental.","references":[{"title":"Compute agent source","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/compute-agent.js"},{"title":"Model catalog API","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://api.proxies.sx/v1/peer/compute/catalog"},{"title":"Marketplace inventory API","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://api.proxies.sx/v1/peer/compute/marketplace"},{"title":"Download files from the Hub","publisher":"Hugging Face","url":"https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/guides/download"},{"title":"Model cards","publisher":"Hugging Face","url":"https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/model-cards"}],"description":"Compare Qwen3.8 27B model IDs, pinned revisions, quantization, RAM, disk and context limits. 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Compare the full 30-day rental price with the token bill for that workload.","references":[{"title":"Compute operation and pricing reference","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"},{"title":"Customer documentation in the compute application","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://compute.proxies.sx/docs"},{"title":"Rental tiers API","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://api.proxies.sx/v1/peer/compute/tiers"},{"title":"Marketplace inventory API","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://api.proxies.sx/v1/peer/compute/marketplace"}],"description":"Compare approved Mac rental quotes and current tier defaults. Understand 30-day balance payments, manual renewal, request limits and useful-output costs.","audience":"Renters","evidence":{"title":"A tier default is a reference, not your machine quote.","answer":"Admin may approve a different price for an individual Mac. Checkout uses the effective machine price and pricing version. Accepted terms remain fixed for that intent; a new renewal needs a current quote.","facts":[{"value":"USD balance","label":"Compute purchase funding"},{"value":"30 days","label":"Term, not a calendar month"},{"value":"Per node","label":"Approved price overrides"}],"visual":"steps","steps":[{"title":"Choose a supported model","detail":"Match model requirements to current eligible marketplace machines."},{"title":"Review the machine quote","detail":"Admin controls the effective price. The listing can differ from a tier default."},{"title":"Confirm the paid term","detail":"Checkout uses the reviewed price and pricing version for a 30-day allocation."},{"title":"Review before renewing","detail":"Renew manually using a new current quote; accepted terms are not retroactively rewritten."}],"caption":"Current machine prices appear in the live availability panel and rental portal. 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Use a read/inference key for model requests and keep purchase permissions separate.","sources":[{"label":"Current product reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/facts.json"},{"label":"Compute operation reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"}],"next":{"label":"Record latency and completed throughput","path":"/compute/benchmarks"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-10","reviewedAt":"2026-09-16"},{"url":"https://www.proxies.sx/compute/provider-earnings","title":"Mac compute provider earnings after operating costs","summary":"The useful number is the amount left after costs and unrented time. 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Compare occupancy, electricity and costs; separate accrual, settlement and payouts.","audience":"Providers","evidence":{"title":"Earned share, settled balance and paid cash are different amounts.","answer":"For each successful paid term, accrual follows its accepted price and approved provider share. Free test allocations earn nothing. Use the rental ledger to check earned amounts and the payout record to check received funds.","facts":[{"value":"Admin-controlled","label":"Effective share and rental price"},{"value":"Paid terms","label":"Basis for actual accrual"},{"value":"No guarantee","label":"Occupancy assumptions"}],"visual":"steps","steps":[{"title":"Paid rental accrues your share","detail":"Use the accepted price × paid terms × agreed share. Sum terms separately if their pricing differs."},{"title":"Review and settle earnings","detail":"Read settlementMode and payoutNote in the authenticated farmer terms. Accrual is not a completed payout."},{"title":"Track the completed payout","detail":"A payout request is not paid cash. Check its final state in the farmer portal."}],"caption":"Existing peer ledger entries are already net of the platform share. Do not subtract that percentage a second time.","sources":[{"label":"Current product reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/facts.json"},{"label":"Compute operation reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"}],"next":{"label":"Review provider admission and pricing","path":"/compute/providers"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-10","reviewedAt":"2026-09-16"},{"url":"https://www.proxies.sx/compute/benchmarks","title":"Benchmark Apple Silicon inference on your workload","summary":"A tokens-per-second number is incomplete without the model, prompt length and measurement method. 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Download a worksheet and define repeatable tests.","audience":"Developers","evidence":{"title":"Measure the selected machine with your own workload.","answer":"Model support does not establish speed, reliability or task quality. Record the exact machine, pinned model, prompt and output budget before comparing useful completed results.","facts":[{"value":"TTFT","label":"Time to first token"},{"value":"Completed work","label":"Latency, throughput and quality"},{"value":"Repeat trials","label":"Include errors and recovery"}],"visual":"steps","steps":[{"title":"Fix the workload","detail":"Record model ID/revision, context, output budget and acceptance criteria."},{"title":"Measure complete requests","detail":"Capture first-token time, completion time and actual returned token counts."},{"title":"Repeat under intended load","detail":"Start with one active request; retain errors and rejected or incomplete outputs."},{"title":"Price accepted work","detail":"Compare rental cost and observed utilization with the same useful task elsewhere."}],"caption":"A measurement workflow, not published fleet benchmark results. Paid-rental and supplier 24-hour proof are not established by this guide.","sources":[{"label":"Current product reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/facts.json"},{"label":"Provider documentation","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/"}],"next":{"label":"Download the empty benchmark worksheet","path":"/compute/benchmark-template.csv"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-10","reviewedAt":"2026-09-16"},{"url":"https://www.proxies.sx/compute/vs-gpu-cloud","title":"Mac inference compared with GPU cloud and bare-metal Macs","summary":"A managed model endpoint, a remote Mac and a GPU server give you different kinds of access. Decide who needs to install software and what the application must run before you compare the bill.","references":[{"title":"Current compute product reference","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/facts.json"},{"title":"Compute provider documentation","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/"},{"title":"Rental tiers API","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://api.proxies.sx/v1/peer/compute/tiers"},{"title":"Marketplace inventory API","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://api.proxies.sx/v1/peer/compute/marketplace"},{"title":"Amazon EC2 Mac instances","publisher":"Amazon Web Services","url":"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-mac-instances.html"},{"title":"Bare-metal Mac pricing and access","publisher":"MacStadium","url":"https://macstadium.com/pricing"},{"title":"Hosting overview","publisher":"Vast.ai","url":"https://docs.vast.ai/host/hosting-overview"}],"description":"Compare managed Mac inference, bare-metal Macs and GPU cloud by API access, CUDA needs, billing term, model control and operating responsibilities.","audience":"Renters","evidence":{"title":"Choose access and workload before comparing prices.","answer":"A managed Mac endpoint supplies catalog text inference. A bare-metal Mac provides operating-system access under its provider terms. A GPU host must match your runtime, memory and software requirements.","facts":[{"value":"Model API","label":"PROXIES.SX access"},{"value":"No SSH","label":"On a managed rental"},{"value":"30 days","label":"PROXIES.SX term"}],"visual":"comparison","caption":"A workload comparison, not a speed or price ranking. Features of a cloud category vary by provider; verify the individual offer.","sources":[{"label":"Current product reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/facts.json"},{"label":"AWS EC2 Mac access and allocation","url":"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-mac-instances.html"},{"label":"MacStadium access and pricing","url":"https://macstadium.com/pricing"}],"next":{"label":"Compare total costs for equivalent work","path":"/compute/pricing"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-10","reviewedAt":"2026-09-16"},{"url":"https://www.proxies.sx/compute/provider-troubleshooting","title":"Troubleshoot the MLX compute agent on your Mac","summary":"A loaded background service can still have no model ready to serve. Check the agent, Python environment and local model endpoint separately to find where setup stops.","references":[{"title":"Compute operation and pricing reference","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"},{"title":"Compute provider documentation","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/"},{"title":"Compute agent source","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/compute-agent.js"},{"title":"Download files from the Hub","publisher":"Hugging Face","url":"https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/guides/download"},{"title":"Python virtual environments","publisher":"Python Software Foundation","url":"https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html"},{"title":"Node.js release schedule","publisher":"Node.js project","url":"https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases"}],"description":"Troubleshoot the current Mac compute installer, pinned Python runtime, model downloads, launchd, approval and offline status with read-only checks.","audience":"Providers","evidence":{"title":"Find the first failed stage before reinstalling.","answer":"An online agent, a serving model, a passed benchmark and an approved listing are separate states. Check runtime logs and the farmer dashboard together before changing a working installation.","facts":[{"value":"60 seconds","label":"Documented heartbeat interval"},{"value":"3 minutes","label":"Missing-heartbeat offline threshold"},{"value":"0.3.3","label":"Current agent version"}],"visual":"steps","steps":[{"title":"Inspect the existing service","detail":"Use the installed agent’s --status first. Do not reinstall or start a second agent on a rented Mac."},{"title":"Check the selected key safely","detail":"Use --doctor. 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Redact keys from logs before requesting support.","sources":[{"label":"Provider documentation","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/"},{"label":"Compute operation reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"}],"next":{"label":"Recheck the complete onboarding sequence","path":"/compute/providers"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-11","reviewedAt":"2026-09-16"},{"url":"https://www.proxies.sx/compute/inference-privacy","title":"Check data privacy before renting an LLM inference endpoint","summary":"A dedicated machine reserves capacity for a customer. To assess privacy, also establish where prompts go, who operates the hardware and what happens to request data after generation.","references":[{"title":"Current compute product reference","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/facts.json"},{"title":"Compute operation and pricing reference","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"},{"title":"Compute provider documentation","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/"},{"title":"Compute agent source","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/compute-agent.js"},{"title":"Customer documentation in the compute application","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://compute.proxies.sx/docs"},{"title":"LLM01:2025 Prompt Injection","publisher":"OWASP Gen AI Security Project","url":"https://genai.owasp.org/llmrisk/llm01-prompt-injection/"}],"description":"Review prompt retention, supplier access and request handling for dedicated Mac inference. Check the published relay policy, application logs and RAG data.","audience":"Renters","evidence":{"title":"Trace the prompt beyond your application.","answer":"Prompts pass through the platform relay and a supplier-administered Mac. Dedicated tenancy limits who rents that capacity; it does not make the supplier host confidential computing.","facts":[{"value":"~1 hour","label":"Normal completed-content relay scrub"},{"value":"~24 hours","label":"Job-record expiry, with cleanup lag"},{"value":"Supplier-owned","label":"Machine administration"}],"visual":"steps","steps":[{"title":"Your application","detail":"Select permitted text. Check your own logs, stored conversations and fallback destinations."},{"title":"Platform relay","detail":"Temporary relay storage supports request delivery. Published cleanup windows are not zero retention."},{"title":"Supplier Mac","detail":"The supplier administers the hardware. The agent does not intentionally log prompts."},{"title":"Response and saved copies","detail":"The answer returns to your application. Its retention policy is separate from relay cleanup."}],"caption":"Documented data path. Backend deletion and supplier-host behavior were not independently audited. No confidential-computing or compliance certification is established here.","sources":[{"label":"Current product reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/facts.json"},{"label":"Compute operation reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"}],"next":{"label":"Protect retrieved documents before inference","path":"/compute/rag-inference"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-11","reviewedAt":"2026-09-16"},{"url":"https://www.proxies.sx/compute/quantization","title":"Choose between 4-bit, 8-bit and bf16 LLM inference","summary":"Fewer bits can reduce model weight storage, but the useful choice depends on the answers your application needs. Compare quantizations with the same tasks before paying for a larger machine.","references":[{"title":"Profiling Large Language Model Inference on Apple Silicon: A Quantization Perspective (2025)","publisher":"Afsara Benazir and Felix Xiaozhu Lin","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08531"},{"title":"Model catalog API","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://api.proxies.sx/v1/peer/compute/catalog"},{"title":"MLX LM runtime documentation","publisher":"MLX project","url":"https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-lm"},{"title":"The case for 4-bit precision: k-bit Inference Scaling Laws (2023)","publisher":"Tim Dettmers and Luke Zettlemoyer, ICML / PMLR","url":"https://proceedings.mlr.press/v202/dettmers23a.html"}],"description":"Compare 4-bit, 8-bit and bf16 LLM inference on Apple Silicon. Evaluate model quality, weight memory, context, runtime settings and cost per accepted result.","audience":"Renters","evidence":{"title":"Compare capacity without assuming a quality ranking.","answer":"BF16 is a 16-bit format. The catalog pairs its three weight formats with specific memory and context limits; those configurations do not prove a universal speed or quality hierarchy.","facts":[{"value":"4 / 8 / 16 bits","label":"Reviewed weight formats"},{"value":"Same prompts","label":"For meaningful quality comparisons"},{"value":"Separate state","label":"KV cache and working memory"}],"visual":"catalog","caption":"Published catalog requirements, not benchmark results. The 4-bit context limit belongs to this configuration; it is not a general law of quantization.","sources":[{"label":"Live model catalog","url":"https://api.proxies.sx/v1/peer/compute/catalog"},{"label":"MLX LM quantized inference","url":"https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-lm"}],"next":{"label":"Check full model IDs and pinned revisions","path":"/compute/models"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-11","reviewedAt":"2026-09-16"},{"url":"https://www.proxies.sx/compute/rag-inference","title":"Plan RAG inference hosting on a dedicated Mac endpoint","summary":"A RAG application retrieves relevant source material and supplies it to a language model. A managed chat endpoint can provide the generation step while your application retains the document index and retrieval logic.","references":[{"title":"Current compute product reference","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/facts.json"},{"title":"Compute provider documentation","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/"},{"title":"Customer documentation in the compute application","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://compute.proxies.sx/docs"},{"title":"Model catalog API","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://api.proxies.sx/v1/peer/compute/catalog"},{"title":"Lost in the Middle: How Language Models Use Long Contexts (2023)","publisher":"Nelson F. Liu et al.","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.03172"},{"title":"Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Knowledge-Intensive NLP Tasks (2020)","publisher":"Patrick Lewis et al.","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.11401"},{"title":"LLM01:2025 Prompt Injection","publisher":"OWASP Gen AI Security Project","url":"https://genai.owasp.org/llmrisk/llm01-prompt-injection/"}],"description":"Plan RAG with dedicated Apple Silicon inference. Separate retrieval and generation, budget context, test source support and enforce document permissions.","audience":"Developers","evidence":{"title":"Reserve context for the answer as well as the evidence.","answer":"Your application handles ingestion, retrieval and document permissions. The rented endpoint generates text from the excerpts you send. Budget instructions, history, retrieved text and output together.","facts":[{"value":"16,384 / 32,768","label":"Catalog context limits"},{"value":"4,096 tokens","label":"Maximum requested output"},{"value":"Application-owned","label":"Retrieval and access checks"}],"visual":"context","caption":"An editable planning example, not a tokenizer or an acceptance guarantee. The API also enforces a conservative input-byte budget. Retrieved text remains untrusted input.","sources":[{"label":"Live model catalog","url":"https://api.proxies.sx/v1/peer/compute/catalog"},{"label":"Current product reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/facts.json"}],"next":{"label":"Check API fields, keys and request limits","path":"/compute/api"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-11","reviewedAt":"2026-09-16"},{"url":"https://www.proxies.sx/compute/mac-mini","title":"Which Mac mini configurations can supply AI inference","summary":"A Mac mini qualifies by its configured memory, not its name. The 16GB standard configuration is below the 24 GB minimum; the largest option, 64GB, fits the 4-bit and 8-bit configurations but not BF16.","references":[{"title":"Compute operation and pricing reference","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"},{"title":"Compute provider documentation","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/"},{"title":"Mac mini technical specifications","publisher":"Apple","url":"https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/"}],"description":"Map every Mac mini memory option on Apple's spec page to the compute requirements: 24 GB minimum, and the 24, 48 and 96 GB catalog configurations.","audience":"Providers","evidence":{"title":"The standard 16GB Mac mini is below the 24 GB minimum.","answer":"Apple lists Mac mini memory from 16GB to 64GB. Options from 24GB fit the 4-bit configuration, 48GB and 64GB also fit 8-bit, and no listed Mac mini reaches the 96 GB that BF16 requires.","facts":[{"value":"16GB","label":"Standard memory on Models 1 and 2 (does not qualify)"},{"value":"64GB","label":"Largest Mac mini memory Apple lists"},{"value":"24 / 48 / 96 GB","label":"Catalog memory requirements"}],"visual":"catalog","caption":"Catalog memory requirements. Apple configurations are from its Mac mini specification page, read 27 September 2026; fitting memory is not an admitted tier or a benchmark result.","sources":[{"label":"Apple Mac mini technical specifications","url":"https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/"},{"label":"Compute operation reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"}],"next":{"label":"Check a specific Mac against every prerequisite","path":"/tools/mac-compute-checker"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-27","reviewedAt":"2026-09-27"},{"url":"https://www.proxies.sx/compute/renting-out-your-mac-safely","title":"Renting out your Mac for AI inference: what runs and how to stop it","summary":"The agent serves one model on a local-only port, carries no proxy traffic and can be paused or removed with one command. It is not confidential computing, and a listed Mac is not guaranteed rentals.","references":[{"title":"Compute operation and pricing reference","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"},{"title":"Compute provider documentation","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/"},{"title":"Compute agent source","publisher":"PROXIES.SX","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/compute-agent.js"}],"description":"What the compute agent installs and listens on, why it is not confidential computing, what is not guaranteed, and how to pause or remove your Mac.","audience":"Providers","evidence":{"title":"A local-only model server you can pause or remove.","answer":"The agent serves one pinned model with MLX on 127.0.0.1:8734 and carries no proxy traffic. It is not confidential computing, rentals are not guaranteed, and --remove refuses only while a customer rents the Mac.","facts":[{"value":"127.0.0.1:8734","label":"Local MLX listener"},{"value":"No SLA","label":"During early access"},{"value":"--uninstall / --remove","label":"Pause or leave for good"}],"visual":"steps","steps":[{"title":"Read the source","detail":"The agent is readable Node.js with no npm dependencies. Enter the supplier key only at its hidden prompt."},{"title":"Know what runs","detail":"A private Python/MLX runtime and a launchd service that starts at login, serving one model on a local port."},{"title":"Know what is not promised","detail":"No guaranteed rentals or payouts and no availability SLA. You cover electricity, connectivity and hardware."},{"title":"Stop when you choose","detail":"Pause with --uninstall or leave with --remove. A rented Mac cannot be removed mid-rental; open a support ticket."}],"caption":"Summarised from the compute operating guide. We did not install the agent for this review.","sources":[{"label":"Compute operation reference","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/skill.md"},{"label":"Provider documentation","url":"https://agents.proxies.sx/compute/"}],"next":{"label":"Check your Mac against the prerequisites","path":"/tools/mac-compute-checker"}},"publishedAt":"2026-09-27","reviewedAt":"2026-09-27"}]}