Concepts
Glossary
The terms used across Deference, in one place.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Activation | Burning INFERENCE to add $1.00 of credit for each one |
| API key | A secret that starts with sk-df- and authenticates requests |
| Available credit | Your credit minus what running requests hold |
| Claim | Receiving reward INFERENCE, in your wallet or as credit |
| Credit | The dollar balance on your account that pays for requests. It cannot be sent or withdrawn |
| DEF | The token launched on Stockereum whose trading fees buy INFERENCE for its holders |
| Free credit | A balance you get from the Overview checklist. It pays for open-weight text models, expires, and is spent first |
| Hold | Credit set aside while a request runs, released when it ends |
| INFERENCE | The ERC-20 token you buy with USDC and turn into credit |
| Model id | The author/name string that picks a model, such as anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 |
| Payout | One hour's rewards, published with the data behind it |
| Reserve | The contract that holds USDC and sells 1 INFERENCE for each USDC |
| USDC | The dollar stablecoin you pay with |