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Clarify that 'Estimated Usage' reflects transcoding only, not AI compute

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Description

## Problem

The homepage "Estimated Usage" chart displays network usage in **minutes** — a metric inherited from Livepeer's transcoding origins to which does an estimation of minutes based on fees `fee_derived_minutes = volume_eth / (average_price_per_pixel × average_pixel_per_minute)`. As the network has shifted toward AI, this figure no longer reflects actual network activity:

- **AI compute jobs** are billed per **second** of compute.

Raised by Authority_Null in Discord.

## Proposal

Either:
- Replace the chart with a metric that makes sense for the current network (e.g. AI compute-seconds, LLM tokens, or a combined view), **or**
- Remove the chart entirely until a meaningful replacement exists.

Lives in `pages/index.tsx` (~line 198-233).

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Research direction

Start in pages/index.tsx around lines 198-233 and inspect how the homepage Estimated Usage chart derives and presents minutes. Confirm the current transcoding-only calculation and determine which proposal is selected: replacing it with a meaningful network metric or removing it. Done means the chart no longer presents transcoding minutes as total network activity.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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