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docs: clarify PoRep and PDP storage providers - #2497
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Hey folks!
The docs currently use "storage provider" for two different things: PoRep providers (miner actors with storage power, sectors, pledge, and block rewards) and PDP providers (Service Provider Registry entries proving unsealed data sets through FEVM contracts and paid via Filecoin Pay).
While the operator guides already separate the two paths, the conceptual and reference pages (storage model, glossary, proofs) still describe only miners. That leads both humans and agents to assume PDP providers have power, appear in miner explorers and power metrics, or share an ID with a miner actor.
This PR adds a short Core Concepts page comparing both, and updates the glossary, storage model, proofs, and PDP/FOC/SP entry points to link to it.