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Reach out to @KoschigRobert on X for questions and comments
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Livepeer monthly cost estimates
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AbsoluteTotalHardwareLaborBandwidth/other(Opportunity) cost of staking
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LowerAvgUpperLowerAvgUpperLowerAvgUpperLowerAvgUpperLowerAvgUpper
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service node$32,211$68,702$105,301$19,693$36,136$52,685$12,518$32,567$52,615$0$0$0
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watcher node$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
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gateways$7,608$15,216$30,433$0$0$0$0$0$0$7,608$15,216$30,433$0$0$0
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accounting layer$1,400$2,800$4,200$0$0$0$0$0$0$1,400$2,800$4,200$0$0$0
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delegation$0$0$0$0.00$0.00$0.00
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Total$41,219$86,719$139,933$19,693$36,136$52,685$12,518$32,567$52,615$9,008$18,016$34,633$0$0$0
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service node78%79%75%100%100%100%100%100%100%0%0%0%
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watcher node0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
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gateways18%18%22%0%0%0%0%0%0%84%84%88%
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accounting layer3%3%3%0%0%0%0%0%0%16%16%12%
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delegation0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
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Global assumptions/variables
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risk free rate (annual)
0Hardware48%42%38%
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token price$15.00Labor30%38%38%
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ETH price$2,800.00
Bandwidth/other
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delegated stake12,000,000Staking0%0%0%
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self-bond500,000
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#session capacity10000
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Minutes transcoded
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M (per month) - derived from current ticket data (see tab 'orchestrator helper'), but can be increased up to 2-4x (beyond, session capacity i.e. hardware capacity needs to be increased as well)
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MB/s transcoded3.53
see https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Um5--X73R2DS5kVQgV0i5E7VQUdjN83hywMgAaGpaMw/edit#gid=667459708
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$/GB traffic0.01
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