robots.txt
# Content Signals (Cloudflare standard — https://contentsignals.org)
# Declares DoubleZero's preferred uses of this content:
# search = yes : indexing for traditional and AI-powered search
# ai-input = yes : citation in AI-generated answers
# ai-train = no : use in AI model training corpora
#
# A content signal of "no" is an express reservation of rights under
# Article 4 of EU Directive 2019/790 on copyright in the Digital Single
# Market. Where no signal is given for a use, no permission is granted
# or withheld by signal for that use.
#
# The directive itself is repeated inside each User-agent group below,
# because it is scoped to its group and groups do not inherit.
# Default rule for all crawlers
User-agent: *
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
Disallow: /storybook
Disallow: /storybook/
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# Tier 1 — AI search / answer bots (cite sources in AI responses)
# Allowed: these bots cite DoubleZero in AI-generated answers.
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# OpenAI
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# Anthropic (Claude)
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# Google AI (Gemini)
User-agent: Google-Extended
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# Apple AI
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# DuckDuckGo AI
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# Mistral (Le Chat user browsing)
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# Phind (developer-focused AI search)
User-agent: PhindBot
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# You.com
User-agent: YouBot
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
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# Tier 2 — Dual-use crawlers (training + answer/search)
# Allowed: these bots power the AI tools developers use to reach DoubleZero.
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# OpenAI (training; also powers ChatGPT browsing)
User-agent: GPTBot
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# Anthropic (training)
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# Meta AI
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: meta-externalagent
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# Cohere
User-agent: cohere-ai
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
# Amazon (Rufus, Alexa+, Nova)
User-agent: Amazonbot
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Allow: /
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# Tier 3 — Pure-training crawlers (no user-facing citation)
# Disallowed: bulk dataset builders that don't attribute or cite sources.
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# Common Crawl (feeds open-source LLM training corpora)
User-agent: CCBot
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Disallow: /
# ByteDance (Doubao / ByteDance model training)
User-agent: Bytespider
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Disallow: /
# Allen AI (Dolma open-training corpus)
User-agent: Ai2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Disallow: /
Sitemap: https://doublezero.xyz/sitemap.xml
# Agent orientation. Structured summaries of this site for LLMs, plus a
# pointer to the public network data platform and its MCP server.
# https://doublezero.xyz/llms.txt
# https://doublezero.xyz/llms-full.txt
# https://data.doublezero.xyz/llms.txt
llms.txt
# DoubleZero
> DoubleZero is a protocol for building and operating high-performance, permissionless networks — a global dedicated-fiber network for distributed systems like blockchains, delivering low-latency connectivity and real-time market data infrastructure where milliseconds matter.
## Products
- [DoubleZero Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/dz-edge): Dedicated, low-latency transport layer for real-time market data — delivered via IP multicast over a global fiber network.
- [DoubleZero Edge × Solana](https://doublezero.xyz/dz-edge-solana): Solana shreds — leader shreds and retransmitted shreds delivered over dedicated fiber.
- [DoubleZero Edge × Kalshi](https://doublezero.xyz/dz-edge-kalshi): Kalshi prediction-market data — sports and crypto perps L1/L2 order book feeds, delivered at institutional speed.
- [DoubleZero Edge × Hyperliquid](https://doublezero.xyz/dz-edge-hyperliquid): Hyperliquid market data — native perps and HIP-3 markets, sourced directly from HyperCore validators, uncapped.
- [DoubleZero Edge × Exchanges](https://doublezero.xyz/dz-edge-exchanges): Exchange market data on Edge — Binance USD-S Margined futures top of book and trade prints, normalized into one format.
- [Multicast as a Service](https://doublezero.xyz/multicast): Distribute a live data feed anywhere in the world without building a proprietary network.
- [Geolocation Verification](https://doublezero.xyz/geolocation-verification): Physics-based, onchain-verifiable location proof (experimental).
## Network
- [Network Overview](https://doublezero.xyz/network): How the high-performance network is built and operated.
- [Validators](https://doublezero.xyz/validator): How validators connect to DoubleZero and earn revenue share.
- [Contributors](https://doublezero.xyz/contribute): How fiber contributors deploy devices and earn protocol revenue.
## Live Data
- [Network Dashboard](https://doublezero.xyz/dashboard): Live map of DoubleZero network nodes, links, and coverage.
- [Multicast Dashboard](https://doublezero.xyz/multicast-dashboard): Live view of multicast groups, publishers, and subscribers.
- [Network Health](https://doublezero.xyz/network-health): Real-time network health and performance.
- [Advanced Dashboard](https://data.doublezero.xyz): Public telemetry and analytics for the network. Device and link health, path latency, topology, traffic, shreds delivery, outages, and validator stake. All data is public and requires no authentication.
- [DoubleZero Data MCP server](https://data.doublezero.xyz/api/mcp): Query the network data directly over the Model Context Protocol instead of scraping pages. No authentication. See [/llms.txt](https://data.doublezero.xyz/llms.txt) for the schema and tool list.
## Resources
- [Documentation](https://docs.doublezero.xyz/): Product and integration documentation.
- [Ecosystem](https://doublezero.xyz/ecosystem): Partners, integrations, and the broader DoubleZero ecosystem.
- [Journal](https://doublezero.xyz/journal): Long-form posts and announcements.
- [Whitepaper](https://doublezero.xyz/whitepaper.pdf): The DoubleZero technical whitepaper (PDF).
- [Token Holder Calls](https://doublezero.xyz/token-holder-calls): DoubleZero Foundation update calls to token holders — protocol progress, KPIs, roadmap.
- [Delegation Program](https://doublezero.xyz/dzdp): The DoubleZero Delegation Program (DZDP) for stake delegation.
## Token and Economics
- [Token Economics](https://doublezero.xyz/tokeneconomics): The 2Z token model and economic design.
- [Economic Hub](https://doublezero.xyz/economic-hub): Economic activity and rewards across the network.
## Company
- [Press & Media](https://doublezero.xyz/press): Press resources and media coverage.
- [Careers](https://doublezero.xyz/careers): Open roles at DoubleZero.
- [Contact](https://doublezero.xyz/contact-us): Get in touch with the DoubleZero team.
## Legal
- [Privacy Policy](https://doublezero.xyz/privacy)
- [Website Terms of Use](https://doublezero.xyz/terms)
- [Protocol Terms of Use](https://doublezero.xyz/terms-protocol)
- [Cookie Policy](https://doublezero.xyz/cookie-policy)
## Journal posts
- [DoubleZero Adds Binance Market Data to Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-adds-binance-market-data-to-edge) (published 2026-10-08): DoubleZero Foundation today announced that market data from all Binance spot and futures markets is now live on DoubleZero Edge, which delivers market data via multicast over dedicated fiber.
- [DoubleZero Adds Phoenix Perpetual Futures to Multi-Venue Market-Data Platform, Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-adds-phoenix-perpetual-futures-to-multi-venue-market-data-platform-edge) (published 2026-09-29): Phoenix on DoubleZero Edge gives subscribers a faster path to Solana perpetual futures market-data, an advantage upwards of 750ms+ SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 — DoubleZero Foundation (doublezero.xyz) today...
- [Uncapped: Hyperliquid Market Data on DoubleZero Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/hyperliquid-market-data-on-doublezero-edge) (published 2026-09-24): Oil trades on Saturday now. It just doesn't trade at CME. That's the part of the Hyperliquid story most people skip past, and it's why there's a market data feed for the venue.
- [DoubleZero Announces Launch of Real-Time Hyperliquid Market Data on Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-announces-launch-of-real-time-hyperliquid-market-data-on-edge) (published 2026-09-24): Professional trading firms can now receive the fastest structural real-time path to Hyperliquid's full order book, including tradeXYZ real-world-asset perpetual futures, over dedicated fiber instead...
- [DoubleZero Expands Market Data Platform Edge with Kalshi Ahead of Election Season](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-expands-market-data-platform-edge-with-kalshi-ahead-of-election-season) (published 2026-09-09): DoubleZero Foundation (doublezero.xyz) announced today that Kalshi's Elections and Politics markets are now available through DoubleZero Edge, the low-latency market data delivery platform launched...
- [DoubleZero Introduces “Edge,” A New Real-Time Market Data Platform](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-introduces-edge-a-new-real-time-market-data-platform) (published 2026-03-11, updated 2026-09-04): DoubleZero Foundation, the organization dedicated to the advancement, security, decentralization, and adoption of the DoubleZero protocol, today announced a new, real-time market data delivery...
- [DoubleZero Q2 2026 Token Holder Update](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-q2-2026-token-holder-update) (published 2026-08-18, updated 2026-08-19): The defining development of the second quarter was DoubleZero's shift from bootstrapping to real, paid usage, with that activity increasingly running through 2Z.
- [Prediction Markets and the Case for Functional Regulation](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/prediction-markets-and-the-case-for-functional-regulation) (published 2026-08-13, updated 2026-08-14): The debate over prediction markets raises a broader question that matters whenever technology creates a new market structure: regulation should reflect how a system actually functions, the...
- [New Finance Needs a New Internet](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/new-finance-needs-a-new-internet) (published 2026-08-12): New Finance is eating the world. Prediction markets that track faster than polls. Perpetual futures that never close. Digital native assets, tokenized equities, event contracts, and real-world assets...
- [Institutional-Grade Kalshi Market Data Now on DoubleZero Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/institutional-grade-kalshi-market-data-now-on-doublezero-edge) (published 2026-08-12): Kalshi's live order book is now available on DoubleZero Edge, a low-latency market-data transport layer. It is the first time Kalshi's market data has been distributed over a multicast network, the...
- [Low-Latency Kalshi Market Data Feed Launches on DoubleZero Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/low-latency-kalshi-market-data-feed-launches-on-doublezero-edge) (published 2026-08-12): DoubleZero Foundation (doublezero.xyz) and Kalshi announced today that Kalshi's live order book is now available for the first time through DoubleZero Edge, a low-latency market-data feed delivery...
- [Milliseconds Ahead: How Reflow Cut Data Delivery Time with DoubleZero Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/how-reflow-used-doublezero-edge-to-build-the-fastest-transaction-feed-on-solana) (published 2026-07-21, updated 2026-07-24): By using DoubleZero Edge, Reflow's feed has more than a 98% win rate in San Francisco and Frankfurt. 1
- [DZDP Phase II Impact Report + Delegation Rules Update](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/dzdp-phase-ii-impact-report-delegation-rules-update) (published 2026-04-22, updated 2026-07-24): Solana’s stake map is positively evolving alongside the DoubleZero Delegation Program. This post covers two things: what Phase II has been able to achieve, and how the delegation rules are evolving...
- [Beyond Electromagnetic Communication: Exploring the Next Physics of Connectivity](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/beyond-electromagnetic-communication-exploring-the-next-physics-of-connectivity) (published 2026-06-17, updated 2026-07-24): The DoubleZero Science Research Initiative opens a public call for research into physics-based communication methods, beginning with neutrinos, on ResearchHub.
- [DoubleZero Edge Beta Is Live: A Faster View of the Solana block is Here.](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-edge-beta-is-live) (published 2026-04-16, updated 2026-06-11): Introducing the first dedicated market data delivery platform for onchain markets.
- [Seats on DoubleZero Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/seats-on-doublezero-edge) (published 2026-04-16, updated 2026-06-05): Why are seats on DoubleZero Edge valuable? There are three advantages: link performance, efficient routing, and localization.
- [The Value Proposition to Solana Validators](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/value-proposition-to-solana-validators) (published 2025-03-28, updated 2026-05-12): DoubleZero can support Solana validators with larger blocks, faster slot times, better transaction delivery, wider geographic reach, and more.
- [A Primer to the 2Z Token](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/a-primer-to-the-2z-token) (published 2025-09-19, updated 2026-05-12): What is the 2Z token? How does it flow through the protocol, and what principles does it achieve?
- [What 2Z is Not](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/what-2z-is-not) (published 2025-09-16, updated 2026-05-12): DoubleZero has no peers and so must be built from first principles, customized to high-performance blockchains. This ethos extends to the 2Z token, whose design ignores tired playbooks and is instead...
- [DoubleZero Accelerates Onchain Market Data Delivery by 28 Milliseconds with the Public Beta Launch of Edge and 350+ Data Publishers, 50+ Subscribers Onboard](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-accelerates-onchain-market-data-delivery) (published 2026-04-16): Edge introduces institutional-grade data-delivery for onchain markets for the first time with permissionless subscriber access to Solana shreds going live today.
- [A Validator’s Guide to DoubleZero Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/a-validators-guide-to-doublezero-edge) (published 2026-03-11, updated 2026-04-07): How validators can turn Solana leader shreds into revenue by giving traders an edge.
- [Expanding Validator Revenue on DoubleZero](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/expanding-validator-revenue-on-doublezero) (published 2026-03-11, updated 2026-03-18): Decentralization Incentives, Zero Network Fees, and Revenue Share
- [Shelby Testnet is Live on DoubleZero](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/shelby-testnet-is-live-on-doublezero) (published 2026-03-05): A new stack is emerging for how AI applications store and move data. It does not look like the cloud infrastructure we have spent the last decade building on. And we think the pieces that make it...
- [Extending Solana’s Network Performance to the Edge](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/extending-solanas-network-performance-to-the-edge) (published 2026-02-26): Introducing Phase II of the DoubleZero Delegation Program (DZDP) and Multicast Feature Upgrade
- [Introducing the DoubleZero Grants Program](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/introducing-the-doublezero-grants-program) (published 2026-01-13, updated 2026-02-26): The program funds high-impact projects that strengthen the DoubleZero network, reduce friction for contributors and users, and complement core development.
- [Introducing: The DoubleZero Ambassador Program](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/introducing-the-doublezero-ambassador-program) (published 2026-01-26): The DoubleZero Ambassador Program exists to extend network understanding through credible, community-led education.
- [Three Roads to One Network](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/three-roads-to-one-network) (published 2026-01-14): To build a network that performs like Wall Street, scales like the internet, and remains open like blockchain, you have to merge worlds that have never crossed paths before. This is the story of...
- [Experiment: Shredstream over DoubleZero Multicast](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/experiment-shredstream-over-doublezero-multicast) (published 2026-01-09, updated 2026-01-14): Flattening Tail Latency by Moving Replication into the Network
- [Phase II of the DoubleZero Delegation Program: Bringing Performance Everywhere](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/phase-2-of-dzdp) (published 2025-12-11, updated 2025-12-24): Phase II focuses on strengthening historically underrepresented regions, bringing stake to new edges, and activating validators in places where additional coverage improves Solana’s global...
- [DoubleZero x Shelby: Building the Backbone for the Decentralized Cloud](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-x-shelby-building-the-backbone-for-the-decentralized-cloud) (published 2025-10-16, updated 2025-12-11): Today at the Aptos Experience, Aptos Labs and Jump Crypto announced Shelby Devnet, marking the next milestone in building the decentralized data layer for real-time applications. Shelby is a new...
- [DoubleZero Stake Pool Grows 10M SOL, Expanding Total to 13M SOL](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-stake-pool-grows-10m-sol-expanding-total-to-13m-sol) (published 2025-10-02, updated 2025-12-04): DoubleZero today announced the addition of 10,000,000 SOL to its delegation program, expanding the stake pool from 3,000,000 to 13,000,000 SOL and accelerating validator growth and adoption across...
- [DoubleZero Launches Mainnet-Beta: a High-Performance Global Network for Distributed Systems, Underpinned by 2Z Token](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-launches-mainnet-beta-a-high-performance-global-network-for-distributed-systems-underpinned-by-2z-token) (published 2025-10-02, updated 2025-12-04): 70+ dedicated fiber links create a high-bandwidth, low-latency routing system purpose-built for decentralized networks
- [How DoubleZero Measures Contributor Value](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/how-doublezero-measures-contributor-value) (published 2025-12-03): DoubleZero rewards contributors based on a simple principle: real performance improvements earn real compensation. The system does not reward capacity for its own sake, effort, or the cost of...
- [A New Internet: Built Together, Powered by Many](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/a-new-internet-built-together-powered-by-many) (published 2025-11-19): Critical systems are built together. The DoubleZero network is backed by a global ecosystem of partners and was built through hundreds of hours of collaboration by world-class engineers, dedicated...
- [Mainnet-Beta is Live: High-Performance Networking at Global Scale](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/mainnet-beta-is-live-high-performance-networking-at-global-scale) (published 2025-10-02): DoubleZero’s Mainnet-Beta is now live. Launched October 2nd, it marks a major leap from controlled testing to full-scale production and coincides with the public launch of the 2Z token, the SPL token...
- [Increase Vote Credits, Reduce Skip Rates](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/increase-vote-credits-reduce-skip-rates) (published 2025-09-25, updated 2025-10-01): By running on DoubleZero’s testnet, validators earned 1.4% more vote credits and their rate of skipped slots dropped 0.37 percentage points, accounting for selection effects. This is due to the lower...
- [DoubleZero Mainnet-Alpha Performance and What to Expect at Mainnet-Beta](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-mainnet-alpha-performance-and-what-to-expect-at-mainnet-beta) (published 2025-09-25, updated 2025-10-01): How DoubleZero’s early production network is performing today and what’s coming with Mainnet-Beta on October 2nd.
- [Modernizing the Rulebook: SEC No-Action Relief for DoubleZero](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/modernizing-the-rulebook-sec-no-action-relief-for-doublezero) (published 2025-09-29): Our goal is straightforward but ambitious: a purpose-built internet for blockchains by tokenizing underutilized private fiber. Now, with SEC no-action relief in hand, we feel confident that the 2Z...
- [SEC Grants DoubleZero No-Action Letter for 2Z Token Model](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/sec-grants-doublezero-no-action-letter-for-2z-token-model) (published 2025-09-29): DoubleZero Foundation today announced it has received a first-of-its-kind no-action letter from the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance confirming that the 2Z token flows to contributors on the...
- [Proof of Utility](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/proof-of-utility) (published 2025-07-07, updated 2025-09-21): Rather than hewing to traditional PoW or PoS models, DoubleZero implements "Proof of Utility." Rewards are paid out in proportion to useful work done, above and beyond the work done by other...
- [Rewards to Network Contributors](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/rewards-to-network-contributors) (published 2025-07-14, updated 2025-09-21): DoubleZero uses a Shapley value-based rewards model to pay providers, assessing each network contributor's marginal contribution to network speed and throughput versus using the public internet...
- [DoubleZero introduces Multicast Support: smarter, faster data delivery for distributed systems](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-introduces-multicast-support-smarter-faster-data-delivery-for-distributed-systems) (published 2025-07-21, updated 2025-09-21): Today, DoubleZero client software v0.2.2 was released to testnet introducing the user interface for interacting with multicast on the DoubleZero network. This release sets the stage for development...
- [The Short and Long of Validator Economics](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/the-short-and-long-of-validator-economics) (published 2025-09-15, updated 2025-09-21): The benefits and seat fees for DoubleZero can be organized into three phases: 5% of priority fees in the short run, 5% of Jito tips in the medium run, and 5% of inflation in the long run.
- [A Guide to the DoubleZero Delegation Program (DZDP)](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/guide-to-the-doublezero-delegation-pool-dzdp) (published 2025-09-18, updated 2025-09-21): DoubleZero has established a Solana stake pool with an initial deposit of 3,000,000 SOL to accelerate validator growth and performance across the Solana ecosystem. In this first phase, stake is...
- [DoubleZero Establishes 3M SOL dzSOL Stake Pool to Expand High-Performance Fiber Network](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/doublezero-establishes-3m-sol-dzsol-stake-pool-to-expand-high-performance-fiber-network) (published 2025-09-17, updated 2025-09-21): DoubleZero, a high-performance fiber network powering the next evolution of blockchain, has established a 3,000,000 SOL stake pool to accelerate validator growth and performance across the Solana...
- [Inflation and Network Security](https://doublezero.xyz/journal/inflation-and-network-security) (published 202
