Bonding
You must bond LPT to yourself to register as a transcoder, earn inflation rewards, and receive video work. Use livepeer_cli or the Explorer to bond. Bonded stake becomes active in the next round. Unbonding starts a lock-up period defined by the protocol.Delegated stake
Delegators can bond their LPT to your orchestrator. Your total active stake = self-stake + delegated stake. This total sets your share of inflation rewards and your probability of being selected for video jobs. Attracting delegators often means offering a competitive reward cut and fee share; see Rewards and fees and Delegation.Video vs AI
- Video transcoding: Selection is proportional to bonded stake. Higher stake means more video segments.
- AI inference: Routing is based on price, latency, and GPU capability. Stake does not determine AI job assignment.