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Economics

Canonical split between what providers earn today and what the token launch changes. Last reviewed: 16 August 2026.
Never mix the two regimes in one sentence. Source for live numbers: GET https://api.malibu.tech/v1/rate-card (provider_share_bps: 9000 on every row as of 29 July 2026). Formula: Metering & billing. Payouts: Payments & payouts.

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Live marketplace

Buyers pay gross credits. The 90/10 split is a provider/operator split, not a buyer discount. Credits convert at usd_per_million_credits on the rate card (1.0 on the 29 July 2026 card). Model-specific prompt/completion rates override the default 500k / 1M credits per million tokens. Admission is invite-gated pre-beta. Earnings are not a public “$X/year per Mac” figure — use /providers/{id}/earnings after you serve traffic.

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Planned token launch

When (and only when) token economics activate:
  • 70¢ of each buyer dollar to the serving provider
  • 12¢ to protocol-owned USDC reserves
  • 18¢ market-buy-and-burn of $MALIBU
That split replaces 90/10. It is not additive. Effective date: TBD on Network status. Illustrative Year-5 earnings tables in the Litepaper assume this regime plus a token price. They are not live marketplace payouts. See Provider economics.