How profitable is it to run decentralized infrastructure? Looked at profit margins for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePINs):
For 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 (𝗗𝗥𝗡𝘀), reward based profit margins range from 0% to 200%. 𝗗𝗥𝗡𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀, e.g., Livepeer, The Graph, Filecoin, and Covalent.
In contrast, 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 (𝗣𝗥𝗡𝘀) typically achieve:
• ~𝟱𝟬% profit margins 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘄-𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀: e.g., Dimo, Helium, or Arkreen where nodes cost several hundred dollars at most.
• ~𝟮𝟬𝟬% 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 profit margins 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀: e.g., Helium Mobile, XNET, WeatherXM, Hivemapper, and GEODNET, where the nodes start at $400.
For details and assumptions, check my full research w/ @KoschigRobert (@1kxnetwork ) and @dylangbane (@MessariCrypto) on token rewards in DePINs:
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