Ep. 649 A New and Faster Internet with DoubleZero

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business, Investing

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation, Austin Federa, co-founder of DoubleZero, discusses the innovative vision behind the project aimed at revolutionizing internet infrastructure for blockchain technology. He explains the limitations of current systems and the need for a new physical fiber network that can support the demands of decentralized networks. The discussion covers the importance of multicast technology, the challenges posed by existing internet infrastructure, and the business case for upgrading to a more efficient system that can handle the future of blockchain transactions. He explains the significance of the internet's infrastructure in blockchain performance, the concept behind Double Zero, and the decentralized approach to building network contributions. The discussion also touches on the political landscape for crypto, the importance of incentivizing participation in the network, and the potential for repatriating crypto foundations to the U.S. as the industry evolves.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Double Zero and Austin Federa

01:19 The Vision Behind Double Zero

04:32 Innovative Technologies for Blockchain Connectivity

11:48 Challenges of Current Internet Infrastructure

15:40 The Business Case for Upgrading Internet Infrastructure

21:13 The Future of Blockchain and Internet Integration

22:23 Understanding Double Zero: The Name and Concept

28:50 Integrating Double Zero Across Blockchain Networks

32:49 The Centralization Threat in Technology

34:30 Incentivizing Participation in the Network

36:16 Mainnet Launch and Future Plans

37:31 The Evolving Political Landscape for Crypto

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0:00.0	All right, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather back around, the radio or the iPod, wherever you guys are in the world.
0:18.6	Man, I am so excited to have you.
0:20.4	You guys are in the right place because we are joined by the co-founder of Double Zero, Austin Federa.
0:26.5	We're not joined by Brendan, my co-host today, as you guys know and love him.
0:31.9	He's out of the office, so you guys are stuck with me, but Austin and I are going to have an awesome conversation.
0:36.8	And yeah, Austin, I couldn't be more excited to have you. How are you doing today? Good, good.
0:41.5	Thanks for having me back on. Yeah. No, last time we spoke, you were, you were rep in the Salana
0:46.3	Foundation. You were the former head of strategy over there and been there for years. I think we,
0:51.6	you know, talked to you a couple times. And you were kind of the go-to
0:54.5	guy when we were learning about, you know, where was that whole ecosystem going? How was it going to be
0:59.3	growing? And you were spot on because you were, you know, you were really pounding the pavement
1:04.4	early on. And but you've since left and you've started your own thing, as they say.
1:11.3	You've started your own thing.
1:12.2	So I want to know about Double Zero.
1:14.6	You're the co-founder of it.
1:16.3	People have probably heard your past and your history and some of the other episodes.
1:20.6	So let's kind of just, you know, jump in to Double Zero and what kind of what it's about
1:25.8	and what made you start it.
1:27.6	Yeah, certainly.
1:28.3	So double zero is set out to sort of solve what I think we'd call like a fundamental
1:33.4	problem facing blockchain today, but it's not a problem most people are aware of.
1:38.8	So at its core, what we're doing at double zero is building a new internet.
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