What is DOSFI Academy?

DOSFI Academy is an educational platform for developers who want to build Mesh-Native apps and AI agents on the DOSFI ecosystem. We offer structured courses, hands-on labs, and ready-to-use production templates.

What is a Mesh-Native app?

A Mesh-Native app is built from the ground up for distributed inference, local-first storage, and multi-device orchestration within the DOSFI Mesh network. It differs from traditional cloud-only apps by keeping logic and data close to the user's devices.

How much does DOSFI Academy cost?

DOSFI Academy offers a free tier with no credit card required. Paid tiers start at $49 (Paid), $199 (Premium), $299 (Agent), and $499 (Enterprise), each unlocking additional courses, labs, and templates.

Vital is the Distributed Intelligence Unit (DIU) — the native economic unit of the Mesh-Native ecosystem used to settle compute, routing, storage, and inference across the global mesh through MeshNativeExchange.com.

DOSFI Academy · Transport Layer Track

The Mesh-Native Transport Layer & MeshNativeExchange

A beginner-to-intermediate track covering how DOSFI moves intelligence across the mesh — five adapters, seven lifecycle phases, bundle envelopes, DIU metering, and the MeshNativeExchange settlement flow.

University (advanced) track

Transport Layer and MeshNativeExchange modules require DOSFI Academy enrollment. Log in or register to unlock.

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Course Outline

Eight modules, ordered for learners new to the Transport Layer. Begin with the introduction (free), then enroll to unlock the full track.

Introduction to the Mesh-Native Transport Layer

freeBeginner · 45 min

What the Transport Layer is, the bundle unit, and where it sits in the DOSFI stack.

Preview

The Five Transport Adapters

paidBeginner · 1h 10m

Identity, Privacy, Routing, Economics, Audit — and why their order is fixed.

Open

The Seven-Phase Transport Lifecycle

paidIntermediate · 1h 20m

Submit → Validate → Enrich → Route → Meter → Transit → Settle.

Open

Bundle Envelope Schema Basics

paidIntermediate · 1h

bundle_id, bundle_type, metadata, and how adapters read the envelope.

Open

DIU Metering & Spend for Transport

premiumIntermediate · 1h 15m

What DIU measures, estimate vs settled spend, and why DIU is compute-backed.

Open

MeshNativeExchange Settlement Flow

premiumIntermediate · 1h 10m

How a metered bundle becomes a settled transaction in Vital.

Open

Transport × DOSFI Foundations

paidIntermediate · 1h

The boundary between Foundations (local) and Transport (cross-device).

Open

Transport × MeshInfer.AI Inference Validation

premiumIntermediate · 1h 5m

How MeshInfer validates inference during transit and attaches a proof.

Open

Learning Objectives

By the end of this track you will be able to:

1Describe the purpose and placement of the Transport Layer in DOSFI
2Name the five transport adapters and explain why their order is fixed
3Walk a bundle through the seven-phase lifecycle from Submit to Settle
4Read a bundle envelope and identify which adapter consumes each field
5Explain DIU metering and distinguish estimated from settled spend
6Trace a transport bill through the MeshNativeExchange settlement flow
7Explain how Transport builds on DOSFI Foundations without blurring boundaries
8Describe how MeshInfer validates inference integrity during transit

How the pieces fit

A simplified view of where the Transport Layer lives in the DOSFI stack.

   +---------------------------+
   |    Mesh-Native App / Agent   |
   +--------------+------------+
                  |
          submit(bundle)  /  status(bundle_id)
                  v
   +---------------------------+
   |   Transport Layer (DOSFI)  |
   |  Identity -> Privacy ->    |
   |  Routing -> Economics ->   |
   |  Audit   (fixed order)     |
   +-------+-------------+------+
           |             |
           v             v
+----------------+   +-------------------+
| DOSFI          |   | MeshInfer.AI      |
| Foundations    |   | (inference +       |
| (local devices)|   |  validation proof)|
+----------------+   +---------+---------+
                               |
                               v
                    +---------------------+
                    | MeshNativeExchange   |
                    | (settle in Vital)    |
                    +---------------------+

Glossary

Transport Layer

The DOSFI subsystem that moves bundles of intelligence safely and verifiably across mesh nodes.

Bundle

The unit of transport. An envelope carrying a payload, metadata, and identity provenance, identified by a unique bundle_id.

Adapter

A deterministic stage that enforces one transport concern — Identity, Privacy, Routing, Economics, or Audit.

bundle_id

A unique, stable identifier for a bundle that makes transport idempotent on re-submission.

bundle_type

The category of work a bundle carries (e.g. inference_request, storage_sync, agent_handoff). It selects eligible executors and routing weights.

DIU

Distributed Intelligence Unit — the compute-backed unit used to measure and settle transport and inference work.

Vital

The Distributed Intelligence Unit (DIU) settlement asset used by MeshNativeExchange, with a fixed hard cap of 10,000,000,000.

MeshNativeExchange (MNE)

The authoritative settlement layer of the DOSFI ecosystem that finalizes transport spend in Vital.

Lifecycle

The seven phases every bundle passes through: Submit, Validate, Enrich, Route, Meter, Transit, Settle.

Audit entry

An append-only, hash-linked record of a bundle's journey, finalized after settlement.

Ready to build transport-aware mesh-native apps?

Enroll to unlock the full Transport Layer and MeshNativeExchange track.

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