Arthur Hayes unveils FLOP tokenomics and proof of inference network

Arthur Hayes unveils FLOP tokenomics and proof of inference network

Arthur Hayes has released the FLOP Network technical paper detailing a proof-of-useful-inference blockchain for AI agents, with a genesis supply of approximately 2.48 billion FLOP tokens allocated through airdrops. According to the FLOP Network details shared by Hayes, the protocol…

Arthur Hayes Details FLOP AI Inference Network

FLOP Network proposes a proof-of-useful-inference chain where AI agents pay for compute, while staked miners and validators face slashing for bad work.

Arthur Hayes Unveils FLOP Tokenomics as AI Network Introduces Proof of Inference

TL;DR: The network’s genesis supply was set at 2,483,460,000 FLOP tokens, fully allocated through airdrops with no presales or venture capital. The block reward starts at 96 FLOP tokens, distributed as 75% to miners, 10% to validators, 10% to agents, and 5% to staking participants. The emission schedule programmed a halving every 730 days across ...