Rebuilding the Internet | Austin Federa of DoubleZero

Why It Matters

If successful, DoubleZero could unlock institutional and high-frequency use cases for blockchains by removing internet latency and trust bottlenecks, accelerating scalable on-chain trading, exchanges and AI services. That capability would materially broaden crypto’s addressable market and ease institutional integration and testing constraints.

Summary

Austin Federa, co-founder of DoubleZero and former Solana Foundation executive, says DoubleZero is building a performance-first replacement for the public internet optimized for high-throughput distributed systems like Solana. The project stitches together a blockchain-powered, multi-party network run by 15 independent contributors—aiming to match tier-one ISP decentralization while adding native observability and crypto-grade assurances. Federa argues current blockchains are bottlenecked by the public internet and that dedicated, decentralized fiber and networking infrastructure is needed to push throughput to millions of transactions per second. He left a senior role at Solana to pursue this infrastructure push with co-founders experienced in carrier and low-latency trading networks.

Original Description

Austin Federa, co-founder of DoubleZero and former head of strategy at the Solana Foundation, joins  Artur Osinski to discuss one of crypto’s most ambitious infrastructure projects: rebuilding the internet for high-performance blockchain networks. The conversation covers Solana’s evolution since the FTX crisis, the importance of FireDancer, and regulatory progress with the SEC’s rare “no-action letter." Recorded at Solana Breakpoint in Abu Dhabi on December 13, 2025.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Coming Up: DoubleZero's Austin Federa

00:55 – Solana Breakpoint Abu Dhabi: Inside the Biggest Solana Conference

01:45 – How Solana Breakpoint Became a Global Crypto Event

03:09 – Why Austin Federa Left the Solana Foundation

04:24 – DoubleZero Explained: Rebuilding the Internet for Blockchain

05:22 – Why the Public Internet Limits Blockchain Performance

06:50 – Building a New Internet for Crypto Infrastructure

08:08 – Why Austin Federa Joined Solana in the Early Days

10:04 – The Solana Vision That Challenged Layer-2 Scaling

10:42 – The FTX Collapse: How Solana Survived the Crisis

13:01 – DePIN vs DoubleZero: A New Type of Crypto Infrastructure

15:34 – Firedancer Launch: What It Means for Solana Speed

17:04 – SEC “No Action Letter” Explained: A Major Crypto Milestone

18:57 – Why Institutions Care About Token Regulation

20:53 – Crypto in 2026: What’s Next for Solana and Web3

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