FAQ · host economics
Why electricity is not the host pricing floor.
LongKinetic20m used about 5.4 Wh ABS on M2 Max (~$0.001). If host economics were electricity-driven, every idle Mac would already be a gold mine. They are not. Utilization and payouts matter; watts are a rounding error.
| Job | Wall | Abs avg | Abs Wh | Elec @ $0.1883/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HeavyMotion | 32.62 s | 33.1 W | 0.287 Wh | ~$0.000054 |
| LongKinetic3m | 111.5 s | 28.6 W | 0.876 Wh | ~$0.000165 |
| LongKinetic20m | 679.5 s | 28.7 W | 5.403 Wh | ~$0.00102 |
M2 Max SoC package samples (ABS, not idle-subtracted). Canonical: power bakeoff.
| Path | Job | Wall used | Est. compute $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| CF live | LightMotion 5 s | 54.12 s | ~$0.00108 |
| CF live | LongKinetic3m | 2175.3 s measured | ~$0.0435 |
| CF live | LongKinetic20m | 14502 s PROJECTED | ~$0.290 PROJECTED |
| Mac package electricity | LongKinetic3m (ABS Wh) | 111.5 s | ~$0.00017 |
CF $ uses published Workers Paid memory/CPU rate-card math (~$0.00002/wall-s upper bound for standard-1). Not an invoice. Not a RenderMac public rate card.
Earnings expectations keeps aspirational hundreds/month attached to waitlist honesty.
Host waitlist
Early host access updates. Hundreds/month is waitlist positioning, not a live payout guarantee.