Earnings & cashout

How you earn

Every settled marketplace inference credits your provider balance with 80% of the billed amount; the remaining 20% goes to the treasury. Earnings accrue per request as the accounting worker settles usage — debiting the user and crediting you in the same transaction.

Users are billed at your listed price, which is capped at the cheapest centralized price for the model. For BYOK relays, your upstream bill is still yours to pay — price accordingly.

Cashing out

Withdraw to a Solana wallet on demand from the cashout flow at usepod.ai/host:

1. Request a withdrawal of an amount up to your available balance (subject to a minimum and a daily cap).
2. The payout worker builds, signs, and broadcasts a USDC transfer from the ops wallet to your destination.
3. The withdrawal is tracked through requested → broadcast → confirmed. Large withdrawals may require manual approval.

Your bond

A $50 USDC bond is posted at enrollment and held while you operate. It backs your reputation and is released after a cooldown window once you retire. Serious misbehavior can result in a manual ban and bond seizure, with affected users credited from a refund pool.

See Trust & reputation for how provider standing is tracked.