9. Summary Comparison Tables
CAPEX & OPEX Comparison
CAPEX Investment
~$6 billion upfront (hardware, data centers, cooling, etc.)
Minimal—nodes provided by end users; software CAPEX ≈ $2M total
Compute Cost (Hourly)
$1.75 per chip × 100,000 chips = $175,000 per hour
$0.005 per node × ~6.7 million nodes = $33,500 per hour
Annual Compute Cost
~$1.53 billion/year
~$293 million/year (paid as a pass-through to node operators)
Electricity & Cooling
~$61 million/year
Borne by node operators (negligible to GNUS)
Network & Storage Costs
~$100 million/year
Minimal—local and distributed storage
Total Annual OPEX
~$1.7 billion/year
True OPEX for GNUS: $2–$10 million/year
Profitability and Token Economics
Hourly Payout/Charge
$1.75 per chip
$0.005 per node
Compute-Level Profit Margin
~10% (i.e., $0.175 per chip per hour)
Genius Ventures: 10% commission + 10% token burn
Annual Gross Processing Value
~$1.53 billion for compute (with high CAPEX/OPEX)
~$293 million distributed in tokens
Annual Profit Captured (GV)
~$153 million total (compute–level)
~$29.35 million via commission and burns
Conversion Fees (if converting)
N/A (typically internal accounting)
3.5% (2.5% + 1% on token-to-USD conversion)
Effective Payout if Converted
Based on contract pricing
$293 million × 0.965 ≈ $282.7 million total USD value
Incentive to Hold Tokens
Not applicable
Deflationary mechanism may increase token value (e.g., from $3.40 to $25.80 over 1 year)
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