Share Compute lets your Mac serve live QuickSilver requests and earn QuickSilver API credit. Credit pays for API usage; it is not a cash payout. You need an Apple Silicon Mac, a supported model that fits its memory, and a QuickSilver provider key (qsppk-). The model weights are downloaded once if needed.

1. In Settings → Experimental, enable Share Compute.
2. Open Share Compute → Live Pool to see supported models and choose one that is available on your Mac. Download it if the app asks you to.
3. On Share, click Connect & serve. Give each Mac on the same provider account a distinct worker name. Paste your provider key in the confirmation sheet and click Connect & Share. Rapid sends this key directly to the local provider process; it does not save the provider key in app settings.
4. Wait for Your Mac is contributing and Provider: Connected. The Mac can receive work while the app and share session remain running. Use Stop sharing to leave the pool. Rapid requests a restart of your previous local model; check that it becomes ready before using it again.

For earnings, open Credits and save a separate QuickSilver read-only key (qsprk-). Rapid stores it in this Mac's Keychain. The credit ledger shows settled accounting windows across all nodes on your provider account, while Local activity records only sessions on this Mac. A request can succeed before its credit appears: settlement closes a window later. Calls paid for by the node owner's own account do not earn contributor credit.

An interactive first run keeps the provider key out of the command line and shell history:

rapid-mlx share qwen3.8-27b --quicksilver --worker "$(hostname -s)"

Enter the qsppk- key when prompted. Later runs reuse the local node registration. Choose a different --worker on each Mac. Stop with Ctrl-C. Only models enabled in QuickSilver's current pool can receive requests; the Desktop Live Pool view shows the current availability.