{"id":"tp-41809","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Arthur Hayes Proposes FLOP Spot Rate and FRCR Compute Futures","author":"Simon Yoon","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/41809","datePublished":"2026-10-27T15:03:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T15:03:52.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Flop would calculate a spot-compute rate that Hayes says could become a global benchmark if the network serves AI agents. Proposed derivatives would use an hourly, volume-weighted FLOP/GigaFLOPS index.","section":"Technology","references":[{"title":"the project’s testnet plan","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/29947"}]}