Austin Federa | 🇺🇸
@Austin_Federa
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cofounder of @doublezero | increase bandwidth reduce latency | be kind | fmr strategy @solana | Everything's Computer
Brooklyn
Joined May 2009
“Bots” mean there’s money to be made at an industrial scale
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“Bots” are bullish. “Bots” are 70-80% of traditional finance. It’s called algorithmic trading.
People have been claiming for 5 years that Solana’s activity domination is because of bots Someone explain to me then why no other low cost network has done the same thing to create $80b of value? They’ve had years to do it?
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Does faith belong in the public square? At Truth & Liberty, we say yes. Follow us for bold conversations about faith, freedom, and family values.
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Welcome to the fast lane.
Internet capital markets need a dedicated and reliable high-performance global network That's why our @solana validator is now running on the @doublezero fast lane 🏎️🏎️
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Family on Thanksgiving: “So what do you do for work?” Me: “IBRL.”
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RPCs: Welcome to DoubleZero! Starting today, RPC nodes are invited to join the DoubleZero network. Now things get interesting...
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If you use RPCs on Solana, this one's for you. RPCs on the DoubleZero network are a huge step forwards. Until this point, DoubleZero has been focused on validator to validator data flows (block propagation, voting, etc). Adding RPCs brings another critical component, user data
RPCs: Welcome to DoubleZero! Starting today, RPC nodes are invited to join the DoubleZero network. Now things get interesting...
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Nano Banana Pro becomes the first Tinder Compete AI to pass the famous Tinder Test 🤯
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Get ready. Get set. Welcome to ACCELERACE. 🏁 The first protocol-powered night race under the lights of Abu Dhabi’s official F1 circuit, Yas Marina Kartzone. Where 14 teams and 28 racers take the grid in a head-to-head battle to become the fastest protocol on @Solana. Powered
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The story here has almost nothing to do with "putting data centers above people" - it's entirely NIMBY zoning based.
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If we had to build data centers where people wanted to live, we would have built almost zero data centers. If people wanted to live where we can build data centers, we could build a ton of housing
If we could build housing as fast as we build data centers, our country would be in phenomenal shape
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Proud to be DZ contributoooooooors Let's keep building 🫡
Introducing: Contributor Mode on the DoubleZero Dashboard Users can now view: - Who’s powering each route - Individual link speeds - Jitter benchmarks - Live operational link status Explore Contributor Mode now ↓
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Jito tips started at 0 but grew to $1.4bn in value for validators and stakers from new features. BAM should follow a similar path Demand for ACE and plugins is strong. As stake grows, an entirely revenue stream will be created for validators powering it
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The ambition of crypto is orders of magnitude too small. We need to be thinking in terms of millions of TPS. KFB and @Austin_Federa on @ValidatedPod 🎙️
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Rebuilding the internet’s base layer for high-performance blockchains is the next frontier. @Austin_Federa explains why bandwidth, not compute, is the real bottleneck + how @shelbyserves and @doublezero pair decentralized hot storage with global high-throughput on @Aptos.
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🚨 Presenting 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘 🏁 a protocol-powered go-kart relay race at Yas Marina Kartzone, the official F1 venue! 🏎️ SAVE THE DATE 📆 • Thursday December 11th, 2025 • 19:00-22:00 @ Yas Marina Circuit Co-hosted alongside @doublezero & @solanamobile 🤝 ⬇️ RSVP below!
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Most people assume the global fiber network is fully used. It isn’t… and @doublezero is turning that idle capacity into a global mesh for validators and high-speed systems. Karl & Ben break it down on the new episode of The Ship Safely Podcast. A must watch 👇
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while nobody was looking, 2Z just quietly crossed 40% of all Solana Mainnet stake and lemme reiterate the thesis: DoubleZero is the Mellanox of crypto a deterministic, high-bandwidth networking stack that lets blockchains scale like a unified system, closing the performance gap
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1/ Today @SECGov issued a no action letter (the 2nd in 2 months) to a team pre TGE (congrats @fuseenergy - link to letter below). What does it mean to get a NAL, why would a team want one & how does someone try to get it? 🧵 below (*not* legal advice!)
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Utility… Value… Adoption… Scale …
In late July, we had just 40 Solana Mainnet validators operating on DoubleZero In late November, we have 40% of Solana mainnet stake operating on @doublezero
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