BlockBeats report, May 12: AI lab Dolphin tweeted that Dolphin Network uses a Peer-to-Pool architecture to reuse idle GPUs, with each model running within a GPU pool and tasks assigned randomly to nodes without direct buyer-seller binding. Nodes receive POD token rewards from the protocol treasury solely based on the number of inference tokens processed. Users purchase credits directly from the protocol, with payment options including POD, ETH, BTC, USDC, XMR, and ZEC. All protocol revenue is used to buy back POD tokens on the market, directly offsetting inflation. For example, with Qwen 3.6 35B, Dolphin charges users $0.70 per million tokens (below OpenRouter’s $1.00), pays nodes $0.50 per million tokens, and generates a net $0.20 per million tokens for buybacks.
POD holders can stake their POD into the xPOD vault to earn auto-compounding rewards, daily inference credits, and ecosystem subscription benefits. Node operators must stake forfeitable POD bonds (equivalent to four weeks of income); cheating will result in proportional penalties. Reward multipliers can reach up to 2x.