Vital: The Distributed Intelligence Unit (DIU)
Vital is the Distributed Intelligence Unit (DIU) of the Mesh-Native ecosystem. It is earned by contributing compute, spent on mesh-native applications, and redeemed to fiat by enterprises. Vital is non-inflationary, compute-backed, and non-speculative — with a fixed hard cap of 10,000,000,000 units.
Vital is a Distributed Intelligence Unit (DIU) — the native settlement unit of the Mesh-Native ecosystem. Unlike cryptocurrencies or tokens, Vital is not bought, traded, or speculated upon. It is earned exclusively through verified compute contribution to the mesh, spent by mesh-native apps at signed rates, and redeemed to fiat by enterprises through MeshNativeExchange. Vital's hard cap of 10,000,000,000 units ensures the DIU supply model remains compute-backed and non-inflationary permanently.
Earned by Compute
Vital is earned exclusively by nodes contributing compute capacity to the mesh. It is not purchased, minted speculatively, or distributed arbitrarily.
Spent on Mesh-Native Apps
Mesh-native applications spend Vital at deterministic, signed rates for routing, storage, inference, and privacy enforcement.
Redeemed to Fiat
Enterprises redeem accumulated Vital through MeshNativeExchange into fiat currency across ACH, SWIFT, SEPA, FedWire, and RTP rails.
Fixed Hard Cap: 10 Billion
Vital has a permanent hard cap of 10,000,000,000 units — making it non-inflationary, compute-backed, and non-speculative by design.
Vital is not a cryptocurrency
Vital has no market price, is not listed on exchanges, and cannot be purchased. Its value is derived entirely from compute output — making it a financial primitive for settling distributed intelligence, not a speculative asset. This design makes Vital the first truly compute-backed, non-inflationary settlement unit for the AI era.