--- title: Token ecomonics in Amsterdam: Inside the first Tokenomicon description: A recap of the first Tokenomicon + FinOps X conference in Amsterdam, hosted by the newly launched Linux Foundation Tokenomics Foundation. Highlights include... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/token-ecomonics-in-amsterdam-inside-the-first-tokenomicon-lfnvdassi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Token ecomonics in Amsterdam: Inside the first Tokenomicon | daily.dev og:description: A recap of the first Tokenomicon + FinOps X conference in Amsterdam, hosted by the newly launched Linux Foundation Tokenomics Foundation. Highlights include... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/token-ecomonics-in-amsterdam-inside-the-first-tokenomicon-lfnvdassi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lFNVdassi.png og:image:alt: Token ecomonics in Amsterdam: Inside the first Tokenomicon og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Token ecomonics in Amsterdam: Inside the first Tokenomicon **[Quesma](https://daily.dev/sources/quesma)** · 7 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A recap of the first Tokenomicon + FinOps X conference in Amsterdam, hosted by the newly launched Linux Foundation Tokenomics Foundation. Highlights include Big-T Notation (a Big-O-style framework for estimating token consumption scaling), the Tokenomics Mind Map for shared AI-cost vocabulary, and the upcoming FOCUS 1.5 spec adding model ID, token-type breakdown, and PrincipalId tracking for AI billing. Talks covered prompt compression trade-offs (PointFive), linking token usage to completed tickets, forecasting API-equivalent costs for subscription-based AI usage (UNICC), and Infracost's internal AI cost-reduction agent using OpenTelemetry, PromptFoo, and Langfuse. The Foundation's September 2026 State of Tokenomics report found proving AI ROI (43%) and spend attribution (27%) as bigger pain points than pricing complexity (7%), with clear cost ownership correlating with measurable outcomes. The piece closes with the authors' own agentic-coding benchmarks and their open-source session collector, Quesma Shipper. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is FOCUS 1.5 and how does it improve AI cost tracking? FOCUS 1.5 is a planned update to the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification aimed at broader support for AI spend. It adds model ID and family tracking, a distinction between input, output, and cached tokens, and a PrincipalId field to attribute usage to a specific developer, team, or agent. It is planned for later in the year the update was announced. _Teams standardizing AI cost reporting can follow FOCUS spec developments through daily.dev._ ### What is Big-T Notation for measuring AI token costs? Big-T Notation is a framework from the Tokenomics Foundation that describes how token consumption grows as agentic workflows become more complex, similar to how Big-O notation estimates compute complexity. It accounts for scaling factors like repeated context, additional model calls, and agents calling other agents, helping teams estimate cost growth when designing a workflow. _Engineers estimating agentic workflow costs can track frameworks like this via daily.dev._ ### What did the September 2026 State of Tokenomics report find about AI cost challenges? Proving value or ROI was the most commonly cited AI cost challenge, named by 43% of 472 respondents across 11 industries representing $4.6 trillion in combined revenue. Visibility and attribution of spending followed at 27%, while only 7% cited cost or pricing complexity. Teams with clear AI cost ownership were nearly four times more likely to link spend to a measurable outcome. _Anyone justifying AI spend to leadership can follow tokenomics research trends on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The AI cost crisis finally has a watchdog — just not the companies causing it](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ai-cost-crisis-finally-has-a-watchdog-just-not-the-companies-causing-it-vfzjlthmu) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What Is Tokenomics, And Why Your AI Infrastructure Is Now a FinOps Problem](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-tokenomics-and-why-your-ai-infrastructure-is-now-a-finops-problem-yrbmaidqg) · Cast AI · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux Foundation Wants Open Standards for What AI is Actually Costing You](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-foundation-wants-open-standards-for-what-ai-is-actually-costing-you-9r9lfoowc) · It's Foss · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Tokenomics for FinOps Practitioners: The New Cost Frontier](https://daily.dev/posts/tokenomics-for-finops-practitioners-the-new-cost-frontier-vpqfgbetu) · finout · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux Foundation Announces Tokenomics Foundation For "Economics & ROI Of AI Value"](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-foundation-announces-tokenomics-foundation-for-economics-roi-of-ai-value--f1bg8dvwl) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#finops](https://daily.dev/tags/finops) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/token-ecomonics-in-amsterdam-inside-the-first-tokenomicon-lfnvdassi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Token ecomonics in Amsterdam: Inside the first Tokenomicon","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/token-ecomonics-in-amsterdam-inside-the-first-tokenomicon-lfnvdassi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/token-ecomonics-in-amsterdam-inside-the-first-tokenomicon-lfnvdassi"},"datePublished":"2026-09-25T18:13:25.542Z","dateModified":"2026-09-25T18:13:51.257Z","description":"A recap of the first Tokenomicon + FinOps X conference in Amsterdam, hosted by the newly launched Linux Foundation Tokenomics Foundation. 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