Surplus Intelligence reports record 312.6 billion daily tokens as rivals call for USD spend transparency
Surplus Intelligence said its on‑chain inference market processed 312.6 billion tokens on October 18, 2026, a 2.3‑fold increase from late September.
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The dashboard shows daily inference volume rose to 312.6 billion tokens on October 18, 2026, from 133.6 billion on September 23, 2026, representing about 2.3 times growth in under a month.
Amos Meiri, co-founder of the inference marketplace AntSeed, wrote that token counts “say almost nothing” and argued that “at minimum, we should ask for transparent USD spend.”
Meiri cited Venice as an example, noting 500 billion tokens a day and $150 million in annual recurring revenue, while AntSeed’s on-chain figures show about $310,000 settled on Base since launch and roughly $12,000 in fees, according to Bankless.
Analyst @0xJeff posted that Dolphin, whose token is DLPHN, reached 32.2 billion daily tokens one week after its API went live, up from about 14 billion tokens a day he cited three days earlier.
Inference has become one of the largest uses of x402 payments, as reported by Bankless on October 20, 2026. On-chain markets offer discounted model access and settle payments from a crypto wallet rather than an account tied to an email, card or identity check.
Surplus says developers using its platform have cut inference costs by 81%, and that each call routes to the healthiest offer at the user’s minimum discount.
AntSeed describes itself as a peer-to-peer marketplace where requests go directly to providers and payments settle in USDC on Base.