Revenue From Renting Out Mac Computing Power on Darkbloom AI Network Could Fall 77%

    Darkbloom is a decentralized network that allows unused Mac computing power to be rented out to run artificial intelligence models. The network combines the available computing power of various Mac computers and sells it to customers for processing artificial intelligence queries. The platform has warned participants that revenue could decline because the price of tokens—the units of text processed by artificial intelligence—is falling rapidly.    For Anthropic models, 1 million tokens cost $2.65 (approximately AZN 5) in May 2026. In October, the price fell to $0.62 (approximately AZN 1). This represents a 77% decrease in less than 5 months. Eigen Labs researcher Kydo says data centers have become cheaper, while the performance of NVIDIA server clusters has increased approximately 20-fold over 1 year. According to his calculations, a 50% profit margin can be maintained even if the price is cut by 90%.    A user running an M5 Pro Mac Mini with 64 GB of unified memory can earn up to $192 per month (approximately AZN 330). However, the median income of the top 50 operators in Darkbloom’s ranking—that is, the earnings at the midpoint of the list—is $159.86 per month (approximately AZN 270). This is equivalent to $5.26 per day (approximately AZN 9). Annual earnings amount to $1,918.50 (approximately AZN 3,260).    If the 77% price decrease affects revenue to the same extent, monthly earnings will fall to $36.77 (approximately AZN 63). Daily income will also decline to $1.23 (approximately AZN 2). According to some estimates, artificial intelligence services become 50% cheaper every quarter, with the annual price difference reaching 13-fold. Prices are not the main reason companies quickly spend their artificial intelligence budgets. Systems that perform tasks on their own are using more and more tokens.    OpenRouter, the main customer of the Darkbloom network, already prioritizes faster response generation, model compression and query preprocessing. As a result, Apple computers without the most powerful Max or Ultra chips are falling behind in the competition. The platform identifies models that are in higher demand and is also testing other workloads, such as distributed CI/CD tasks related to developing and updating software code. The company wants to speed up the network and find new customers besides OpenRouter.