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  "path": "/t/openai-needs-a-compute-token-economy-before-anthropic-builds-one-a-strategic-proposal/1382180#post_5",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-01T05:57:31.000Z",
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  "textContent": "@SOS2\n\nSOS2:\n\n> The user who pays $200/month and uses $40 of compute will eventually notice. When they do, they cancel. You got a few months of 80% margin, then you got zero. A token balance in their account changes the psychology — they’re not “wasting money,” they’re “accumulating an asset.”\n\n_12 month scenario_ : At EOY a user could accrue $1.920 of compute. If a market is created, then the compute token value could be **greater than** $1.920 which the user can sell at a profit. And OpenAI takes a commision. This no different than a **futures market** for compute.\n\nFASB would jump on this and create an opinion for capital gains tax. If there is a loss, the user could write-down a max of $3,000 per year.\n\nIs this what you are taking about? Yet another _whoHa_ for efficient markets (ECON 101). The big question is about risk profiles for users - which will be quite different from traditional investors…",
  "title": "OpenAI Needs a Compute Token Economy Before Anthropic Builds One — A Strategic Proposal"
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