Distributed compute network Darkbloom hits 4.5B tokens served and $102K ARR
gajesh · x · 2026-08-22
The author shares progress on Darkbloom, a distributed compute network of 250 online Mac machines. The project has served nearly 4.5 billion tokens and achieved $10.2k in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), with average monthly earnings of $120-200 per machine. The author reflects on the challenges of scaling from a 2-week side project to production and recommends running the Gemma 4 26B model.
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