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Reach out to @KoschigRobert on X for questions and comments
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Dfinity / ICP
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AbsoluteTotalHardwareLaborBandwidth/other(Opportunity) cost of staking
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LowerAvgUpperLowerAvgUpperLowerAvgUpperLowerAvgUpperLowerAvgUpper
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service node$369,592$554,388$831,583$337,207$505,811$758,716$32,385$48,578$72,867$0$0$0
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watcher node$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
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gateways$2,612$3,937$5,593$1,210$1,833$2,438$1,402$2,103$3,155$0$0$0
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accounting layer$22,628$33,942$50,913$20,645$30,968$46,452$1,983$2,974$4,461$0$0$0
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delegation$0.00$0.00$0.00
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Total$394,833$592,267$888,089$359,062$538,612$807,606$35,770$53,655$80,483$0$0$0$0$0$0
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Relative
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service node94%94%94%94%94%94%91%91%91%
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watcher node0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
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gateways1%1%1%0%0%0%4%4%4%
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accounting layer6%6%6%6%6%6%6%6%6%
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delegation0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
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Global assumptions/variables
LowerAvgUpper
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risk free rate (annual)
0%Hardware91%91%91%
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token price$14.40Labor9%9%9%
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XDR/dollar1.32
see https://www.forbes.com/advisor/money-transfer/currency-converter/xdr-usd/?amount=1
Bandwidth/other
0%0%0%
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# node machines
1404
not degraded/offline, see https://dashboard.internetcomputer.org/nodes?status=Degraded|Offline
Staking0%0%0%
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#boundary nodes
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see https://dashboard.internetcomputer.org/
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cycle capacity/node/machine/month
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T cycles, per this analysis (simplifying / ignoring subnet structure when applying to all nodes)
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cycle capacity3510
quadrillion cycles / month
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daily burn rate7.5
B cycles/s - above inputs should be ok with up to 50x the current rate of 6-7B/s
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monthly (est.) income
$25,660.80
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