1/11

Solana can do 1M TPS but nobody talks about why it doesn't yet.
Turns out when your validator can process that fast, the internet becomes your bottleneck.

@doublezero just raised $28M to build new internet. They're building N1 - the network layer under all chains https://t.co/4bEyLtLpUW

2/11

Most chains don’t account for bandwidth or latency until they hit spam or sync issues. DoubleZero treats network as core logic with direct paths, clean traffic, and stable delivery built in

3/11

Solana was the first to connect, but the system was designed to stay chain-agnostic from the start. It works across chains without needing to adapt to each protocol’s design

8/11

Other rollups, L1s or even distributed compute systems like ML clusters can join the network if they rely on fast, deterministic coordination

9/11

🔸dark fiber links with SLA guarantees
🔸FPGA edge devices at 100 Gbps
🔸deterministic routing with QoS

Traffic moves through dedicated links with raw bandwidth, skipping tunnels and intermediaries entirely. Enforcement stays trustless https://t.co/SOUKeOFZnm

6/11

65% of US fiber sits unused. DoubleZero turns that dead capacity into validator highways.
Contributors wire up cities, get paid in 2Z tokens based on actual performance - uptime, latency, throughput. Miss your SLA = no rewards.

7/11

Two-ring system:

🔸outer ring handles public input, filters junk
🔸inner ring moves clean data between nodes

Traffic avoids congestion and unpredictable paths. Routing stays fast and consistent between validator clusters https://t.co/4z4xdie4ru

4/11

They ditched gossip for multicast.

Leader sends block once → everyone gets it simultaneously.

Cuts bandwidth, speeds confirmations, kills the randomness in state prop

5/11

Infra stack includes: