#48 - DoubleZero: The New Internet Layer For Crypto - Austin Federa

About this episode

Austin Federa discusses Double Zero, a new internet layer for crypto, and its implications for speed and throughput.

Austin Federa is the co-founder of Double Zero, a new infrastructure project that’s creating a new, high-speed layer of the internet for crypto. Previously, Austin served as the Head of Strategy at the Solana Foundation for 3 years.In this episode of The NGMI Podcast, Austin breaks down what DoubleZero is, how it all works, why he left the Solana Foundation to pursue a new project, why crypto needs a new infra layer for speed and throughput, and much more.Additionally, Austin explains the thinking and decisions that went into the 2Z token’s launch, he discusses its price action following launch, and describes the specific tokenomics and infrastructure elements of the project in great detail.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Mitchelhill

Guest: Austin Federa

Topics covered

• crypto infrastructure
• internet layer
• tokenomics
• crypto speed
• DoubleZero
• 2Z token

Keywords

• Double Zero
• crypto
• internet layer
• 2Z token
• tokenomics
• Austin Federa
• Solana Foundation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Double Zero, Solana Foundation

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