𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐝'𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐍'𝐭 𝐃𝐨 Understanding an infrastructure component means understanding its limits, not just its features. BTTInferGrid's "miner-agent" handles node registration, heartbeats, challenge responses, and local diagnostics. But its documented responsibilities have clear boundaries. What isn't handled by the agent? • Starting and Stopping Models: Deployment lifecycle management belongs to "miner-cli" and Docker Compose. • Workload Scheduling: The agent reports local node state; it isn't the scheduler. • Billing and Settlement: The agent doesn't manage billing or revenue settlement. • Model Routing: It doesn't decide how user inference requests are routed between models or nodes. These distinctions matter because a distributed AI network contains multiple functions that shouldn't be confused with one another. Why this matters If a miner agent is healthy, that doesn't automatically mean the entire compute network is healthy. The agent may be operating correctly while the model runtime has a problem, or while other network components are unavailable. Clear component boundaries help operators identify which system is responsible for a particular function. BTTInferGrid's documented architecture separates node-side coordination from deployment management and broader network services. Because good infrastructure design isn't about making one component responsible for everything. It's about defining responsibilities clearly and making the components work together. @BitTorrent @justinsuntron #BitTorrent #BTTInferGrid #DeAI #DePIN #TRONEcoStar