6. Payout Structure and Profitability

Centralized Model Profitability

• Revenue Per Chip:

Charging an effective $1.75 per chip per hour, with a 10% profit margin, results in a profit of approximately $0.175 per hour per chip.



• Annual Profit:


For each chip:


0.175 × 8,760 ≈ $1,533 per year

For 100,000 chips, this equates to roughly $153.3 million per year in compute–level profit.



• Challenges:

Despite these numbers, the centralized system must cover its enormous CAPEX and high OPEX, limiting its scalability and increasing financial risk.



GNUS.ai Payout Structure

• Base Payout:

Each node earns $0.005 per hour in GNUS tokens.



• Distribution Breakdown:



• Node Operator Receives: 90% of $0.005, or $0.0045 per hour.

• Genius Ventures (GV) Receives: 10% commission (i.e., $0.0005 per hour) plus 10% of the tokens are burned (a deflationary measure that increases token value).

• Annual Gross Payout:


With approximately 6.7 million nodes:


6,700,000 × 0.005 × 8,760 ≈ $293 million per year (gross distributed value)

• Conversion Fees (if converting to USD):


Should operators choose to convert their tokens, a 2.5% fee plus an additional 1% fee (total of 3.5%) is applied.



• Effective Annual Payout after Fees:

$293 million × 0.965 ≈ $282.7 million

• However, most operators are expected to hold their tokens because of the deflationary benefits.