Dolphin Network Utilizes Idle GPUs with Peer-to-Pool Architecture

Dolphin Network has announced its adoption of a Peer-to-Pool architecture to reuse idle GPUs, according to Foresight News. This system allows each model to operate within a GPU pool, with nodes randomly assigned tasks, eliminating direct buyer-seller bindings. Nodes receive POD token rewards from the protocol treasury based on the number of inference tokens processed. Users can purchase credits directly from the protocol using POD, ETH, BTC, USDC, XMR, and ZEC. All protocol revenue is allocated for market buybacks of POD, directly offsetting inflation. For instance, Dolphin charges users $0.7 per million tokens for Qwen 3.6 35B, which is lower than OpenRouter's $1. Of this, $0.5 is paid to nodes, generating a net buyback of $0.2. POD holders can stake their tokens in the xPOD treasury to receive automatic reinvestment dividends, daily inference quotas, and ecosystem subscription benefits. Node operators are required to stake POD bonds equivalent to four weeks of income, which are subject to forfeiture in cases of cheating. The reward multiplier mechanism can reach up to two times.