Compute Settlement: Metered Billing for Distributed Intelligence
Compute settlement on MeshNativeExchange converts metered distributed compute consumption — routing, storage, inference, and privacy enforcement — into Vital DIU obligations, which enterprises then redeem to fiat through the settlement engine.
Compute settlement is the process by which distributed compute consumption is metered, billed in Vital DIU, and settled to fiat through MeshNativeExchange. Every operation on the Distributed Intelligence Stack — routing, storage, inference, and privacy enforcement — generates a Vital obligation that is recorded immutably and settled per enterprise billing cycle. This makes MeshNativeExchange the first distributed intelligence economics layer capable of settling compute at enterprise scale with full auditability.
Distributed Routing Settlement
Settlement for all data routed across the mesh — priced per GB transited, billed in Vital, and redeemable to fiat.
Distributed Storage Settlement
Settlement for persistent storage capacity provisioned on the mesh — priced per GB-month, metered continuously.
Distributed Inference Settlement
Settlement for AI inference workloads executed across mesh nodes — priced per 1,000 tokens processed.
Privacy Enforcement Settlement
Settlement for Confidential and Sovereign privacy tiers — carrying 1.8x and 3.2x billing multipliers over Standard.
Privacy Tier Billing Multipliers
1.0×
Standard
Default compute pricing
1.8×
Confidential
Encrypted workloads
3.2×
Sovereign
Data never leaves jurisdiction