DoubleZero – The biggest launch that nobody is talking about

Imagine a professional CS-GO game with a huge prize pool, but one team plays over a slow Wi-Fi connection, and the other team over an ultra-fast gigabit fiber connection.

That's a bit of an exaggeration, but it beautifully explains what DoubleZero does for validators and high-frequency traders:

DoubleZero is building a parallel internet for high-speed applications, often 100x faster than the typical validator connection.

Large tech companies such as Meta have been using their own private internet for a long time.

They do this because the incentive mechanisms for internet providers encourage them to get your data off their own network as quickly as possible and not to route your data via the fastest route.

This is important in markets where speed equals edge:

• ◆Lower latency & jitter → Validators miss fewer slots, HTF traders execute with confidence.
• ◆Massive bandwidth → Supports high-TPS chains with smooth block + orderflow propagation.
• ◆Redundancy & reliability → Multiple fiber paths protect against outages and detours, keeping performance consistent.

One of the north stars in the Solana roadmap is the term: Reduce latency, increase bandwidth(IBRL).

But Solana and other high-throughput chains are no longer mainly limited by software or validator clients. Instead, they’re running into the physical limits of the public internet — things like latency, jitter, and routing inefficiencies.

Exactly what DoubleZero is solving.

Firedancer is a validator client for Solana, built by Jump Crypto, designed to process up to 1 million TPS - but it can't achieve its full potential on the public internet.

This makes DoubleZero one of the key components to:

1. ◆Fulfill Solana's goal of reaching 1 million TPS
2. ◆Deliver trading performance that rivals TradFi

Did you know that :

• ◆Austin Federa, Co-Founder of DoubleZero, previously worked as Head of Strategy & Communications at the Solana Foundation and was involved in initiatives like Firedancer.
• ◆16% of the Solana validator network connected to the DoubleZero testnet because it gave them better latency, lower skip rates, and more reliable performance.
• ◆The DoubleZero team had to move their mainnet launch forward to get the Solana validators off their testnet, so they can actually use it again to break things.

Risks:

Tokenomics: 30% of the total supply is allocated to the foundation and fully unlocked at launch. The rationale is to use them for grants. The major risk here is the foundation allocating tokens for unproductive things.

Adoption: Requires a critical mass of validators to join the network to reach the full potential. Solana has to increase the throughput rates to a point where DoubleZero can optimally sell its product.