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Luganodes consistently outproduces its stake weight on @solana, with 99.9965% vote participation in Q1 2026.
Here's the infrastructure stack behind those numbers. 🧵👇
Three of Solana's core foundations are being rebuilt in 2026: consensus (Alpenglow, by @anza_xyz), reads (RPC 2.0, by us), and network (Edge, by @doublezero).
For years, the public internet was the ceiling on every network optimisation.
DoubleZero first replaced it on the write side, providing validators with a dedicated fibre path for receiving transactions.
Edge extends the same idea outward: validators publish shreds into the DoubleZero network, multicast distributes them by physical distance, and switching hardware replicates them at the last hop, allowing the network to scale without slowing down.
Our new blog post with @doublezero goes deeper into how it works and what it opens up for the ecosystem: https://t.co/kmxB0KCWKz
for this video, I wanted to make @doublezero Edge feel less like “infra theory” and more like something I could actually touch.
so I used Terminal for the first time, went through the server setup, and tried the flow myself!
more on Edge subscriptions:
https://t.co/8sOUOq4d3X
Q1 2026 DoubleZero Network Update…
Here’s a recap of the last 90 days:
→ Launched DoubleZero Edge which now carries ~50% of @Solana’s network stake, representing 400+ validators
→ Hit 51% of @Solana’s network stake operating on DoubleZero’s high-performance rails, representing 460+ validators
→ 100+ traders, market makers, MEV searchers subscribed to DoubleZero Edge
→ Increased dedicated bandwidth on the network to 9.71 Tbps contributed by 15 independent organizations
→ Brought Wall Street trading-tech, known as multicast, onchain for the first time in history
→ Joined @fund_defi and +30 industry leaders to request that the SEC formalize the principles in its recent Staff Statement—distinguishing non-custodial UIs from broker activities—in notice-and-comment rulemaking, so we have durable regulatory clarity that lasts.
→ Brought validator fees to ZERO, and introduced a new revenue stream for publishing shreds
→ Improved link networking speed for @Solana by an average of 22%
→ Reached $18B in Total Connected Value (TCV) on DoubleZero’s dedicated fiber network
And on top of all that… we’re proud to say that in the background: Phase II of the DZDP successfully pushed Europe’s share of @Solana stake below 66.66% for the first time in at least two years of recorded data.
A massive win for global network decentraliztion.
What is not reflected in this article is the need for a 3rd venue. Dads today exist in two places: Work & Home.
The challenge (at least IMO) is in order to routinely be present in those 2 venues you need borrow time from the 3rd. Spend less time working out, seeing friends, trying resturants, playing guitar, whatever it is.
Demands grow exponentially for dads. Expenses on the home front necessitate higher performance at work. Increased workload demands more time, squeezing even more free time from the fleeting venue 3.
To all the dads out there - find a 3rd venue for your time. It could be gym, music lessons, whatever (just don't make it drinking at a pub alone). There are incredible returns both at work and at home if you can find a productive outlet for yourself.
New newsletter: MODERN FATHERHOOD WOULD BE UNRECOGNIZABLE TO A 1950'S DAD
Compared to their Boomer parents, childcare time among Millennial dads has more than doubled.
Compared to their Silent Generation grandparents, it’s nearly quadrupled.
You will be hard-pressed to find any part of day-to-day modern life that has changed more in the last half-century than the way today’s parents—and fathers, in particular—spend their time.
The new American dad is more present and more exhausted—but also, more satisfied with life. What's behind this half-century transformation? Today's piece combines history, economic analysis, and gorgeous charts galore from @AzizSunderji