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LightspeedThe Internet Capital Markets Roadmap | Lucas Bruder, Max Resnick & Austin FederaGm! This week we're joined by Lucas Bruder, Max Resnick & Austin Federa to discuss the internet capital markets roadmap. We deep dive into how to bring more assets onchain, the latest happening with DoubeZero, how to improve Solana execution & more. Enjoy!
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The Internet Capital Markets Roadmap...2025-08-051h 02
Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech LeadersS11 E5: Austin Federa, DoubleZeroAustin Federa has a non-traditional path into the blockchain world. In college, he studied political & environmental science, and economics. Interestingly enough, those studies map a lot to the blockchain first principles. He was seriously looking to do his PhD, but fell out of love with that space, and joined NPR as a journalist for a while. Then, of course, he got bit by the startup bug. Outside of tech, he enjoys living in Brooklyn, photography, and engaging in some form of learning at all times. He enjoys reading, mention the Children of Time series, as though it was fiction...2025-06-2428 min
Web3 101E49｜聊聊借壳美股入局「微策略游戏」的操盘手们，和Solana技术栈变革的深远影响Web3 101推出的全新Weekly Rollup节目，每周为大家摘选当周最值得关注的新闻与毒辣点评。
【主播】
刘锋，BODL Ventures 合伙人，前链闻总编辑
熊浩珺Jack，律动 BlockBeats 副主编，《Web3 无名说》主播
【嘉宾】
老白，原ABCDE投研合伙人，Amber Group顾问
【你将听到】
Weekly Rollup
公链 Sui 冻结并转移链上被盗资产
01:42 Sui 生态协议 Cetus 被盗 2.2 亿美元资产
03:45 黑客链上资产处置方式引发中心化担忧
07:58 比特币和以太坊也存在抗审查争议
借壳入局「微策略游戏」的操盘手们
10:13 特朗普关联企业及密友纷纷效仿微策略
13:34 以太坊大佬反向收购美股公司做「以太坊微策略」
（本期播客发布时，反向收购已经完成，被反向收购的美股上市公司 SharpLink Gaming 股价较大佬们的私募价上涨 10 倍；股价大涨后，该公司宣布将筹集 10 亿美元购买 ETH）
17:40 读懂微策略「财技」
（推荐播客：《E40｜比特币巨鲸微策略与它的资本游戏》；以及 VanEck 关于微策略的深度研究报告 ）
Deep Dive
详解索拉纳新共识协议 Alpenglow
25:34 公链的底层共识升级有点像给空中飞行的飞机换引擎
27:31 索拉纳走向「链上纳斯达克」最后一块拼图
29:30 Votor 和 Rotor 各是什么东西
35:24 区块最终确认时间将缩短至毫秒级别
39:49 「公链性能提升工程美学的天花板」
41:20 性能改进牺牲了什么？
45:42 新客户端 Firedancer 与 Alpenglow 会相互配合
48:05 夸一夸演进中的索拉纳技术栈布局，哪些值得期待？
49:49 DoubleZero 的网络传输「魔法」
52:44 聊一聊高性能区块链未来的竞争格局：索拉纳、Monad、MegaETH
【名词解释】
本期提到的一些 Web3 企业和词汇：
The DAO
The DAO 是一个基于以太坊的智能合约项目，由区块链公司 Slock.it 发起，目标是创建一个去中心化的风险投资基金，让代币持有者通过投票决定资金的使用。2016年4月，The DAO 开启众筹，筹集了 1200万枚 ETH（当时价值约1.5亿美元），占当时以太坊流通量的 14%。当年 6 月，黑客利用 The DAO 智能合约中的漏洞发起攻击，最终盗走 360万枚 ETH。事件发生后，以太坊社区经过讨论，选择通过硬分叉回滚交易，将被盗资金返还给投资者。
OCEAN 矿池
一个由 Twitter 联合创始人 Jack Dorsey 支持、比特币核心开发者 Luke Dashjr 运营的比特币矿池。OCEAN 本身是一个去中心化的比特币矿池。
ConsenSys
一家专注于以太坊生态的区块链软件公司，由以太坊联合创始人 Joseph Lubin 于 2014 年创立，提供从开发工具到企业级区块链解决方案的全套服务。该公司旗下著名的产品和服务包括 MetaMask 钱包、 Infura（区块链 API 服务）、Truffle Suite（以太坊智能合约开发工具）、Diligence（安全审计服务）等。
Anza
专注于 Solana 区块链生态的研发公司，由 Solana Labs 前高管和核心工程师于 2023 年分拆创立，该团队开发 Solana 区块链的 Agave 验证器客户端，最近提出了 Alpenglow 共识协议。
Firedancer
是 Solana 区块链的新一代验证器客户端，由 Jump Crypto开发，旨在显著提升 Solana 网络的性能、稳定性和去中心化程度。该客户端采用 C/C++ 编写，而非 Solana 原生的 Rust。
Monad
一个高性能的 Layer 1 区块链，专注于通过并行 EVM 技术提升交易处理速度，目标是比以太坊快 1000 倍，同时保持 EVM 兼容性。2024 年完成 2.25 亿美元融资，由 Paradigm 领投，估值达 30 亿美元。目前已经发布了测试网，主网尚未上线。
MegaETH
以太坊的一个高性能 Layer 2 解决方案，旨在提供实时区块链性能，希望实现毫秒级交易确认和每秒 100,000 笔交易（TPS） 的超高吞吐量。目前已经发布了测试网，主网尚未上线。
DoubleZero
一个专注于优化区块链和分布式系统通信性能的去中心化网络协议，被定义为去中心化的物理基础设施层，专注于优化数据传输效率，旨在通过专用光纤网络解决公共互联网的带宽和延迟瓶颈，为 Solana 这样的高性能区块链提供基础设施支持。其创始人 Austin Federa 为前 Solana 基金会战略负责人。
【后期】
AMEI
【BGM】
Mumbai - Ooyy
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So we brought the argument to Unchained. Tom Dunleavy, Head of Venture at Varys Capital, says fees are headed to zero, and blockchains shouldn’t be valued like companies. Meanwhile, Austin Federa, Co-founder of DoubleZero, believes REV offers...2025-05-271h 22UnchainedDoes High REV Signal a Blockchain's Strength or Its User Exploitation?A debate has been heating up on crypto Twitter about Real Economic Value (REV) — a metric meant to measure the value blockchains accrue from user activity. REV includes transaction fees and MEV tips, but excludes issuance — the inflationary rewards paid to validators. Some say it’s the clearest window into genuine usage. Others argue it’s a flawed and misleading proxy.
So we brought the argument to Unchained. Tom Dunleavy, Head of Venture at Varys Capital, says fees are headed to zero, and blockchains shouldn’t be valued like companies. Meanwhile, Austin Federa, Co-founder of DoubleZero, believes REV offers...2025-05-271h 22
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