Subzero Research

User space networking for the decentralized internet

We build L3 abstractions over IP for modern P2P systems—a complete user space IP stack with cryptographic identity, end-to-end encryption, and zero attack surface.

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Peer-to-Peer NetworkDecentralized • No Single Point of Failure • Censorship Resistant

The Subfrost Stack

A layered architecture replacing traditional networking with decentralized, encrypted, identity-aware P2P infrastructure.

Layer 4
Applications

Any TCP/IP software—curl, databases, blockchain nodes

Layer 3 — subtun
User Space IP Stack

TUN device, DNS interception, TCP/UDP/ICMP routing, ACLs

IPv4/IPv6smoltcp
Layer 2 — subp2p
P2P Networking

Kademlia DHT, GossipSub, Circuit Relay v2, DCUtR hole punching

libp2pEd25519
Layer 1 — libp2p-webtransport-sys
Encrypted Transport

WebTransport, QUIC, TCP, WebSocket, Noise protocol

QUICHTTP/3
subtun

Layer-3 VPN tunnel bridging TCP/IP with P2P streams

  • TUN device management
  • DNS interception
  • Port-based ACLs
  • Cross-platform routing
subp2p

Generic libp2p networking with multi-transport support

  • Circuit Relay v2
  • Kademlia DHT
  • GossipSub messaging
  • NAT traversal
libp2p-webtransport-sys

Pure Rust WebTransport for browser-native P2P

  • QUIC + HTTP/3
  • Certificate pinning
  • Noise encryption
  • Zero dependencies on C

End-to-End Encrypted

Noise protocol on every connection. Relay nodes can't read your traffic.

Cryptographic Identity

Ed25519 keypairs as network addresses. No DNS, no IPs to spoof.

Zero Attack Surface

No listening ports. No public endpoints. Nothing to scan or exploit.

Drop-in Compatible

Standard sockets and DNS. Existing software works unchanged.

Research & Open Source

We contribute to rust-libp2p and build open source P2P infrastructure.

subfrost/libp2p-webtransport-sys

Rust bindings for libp2p WebTransport, enabling modern P2P networking with QUIC and HTTP/3

Rust
Open Source
WebTransport
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About Subzero Research

Subzero Research is a Delaware C Corporation building decentralized networking infrastructure.

We're creating a complete user space IP stack that lets any application communicate over encrypted P2P networks—no kernel modifications, no trusted servers, no attack surface.

Data SourceInput LayerProcessingNode AProcessingNode BsyncConsensusOutput LayerDistributed Processing PipelineParallel Processing • Fault Tolerance • Horizontal Scalability

Current Focus

L0 Consensus over P2P

Building consensus mechanisms over UDP-based P2P networks for distributed applications like prediction markets, threshold signing, and cross-chain coordination.

Sub-50ms consensus latency globally
Byzantine fault tolerant
Scales from 3 to 1000+ nodes
Built on libp2p
Automated Consensus FrameworkConsensusLayerPeer 1Peer 2Peer 3Peer 4Peer 5Peer 6UDPUDPUDPLow LatencyFault TolerantAuto-scalingUDP-based P2P Protocol with Automated Consensus

Private AI Infrastructure

On-premises AI deployments for healthcare and regulated industries. HIPAA-compliant.

Distributed Systems

P2P protocol design and implementation. Deep expertise in decentralized architectures.

Consulting

Architecture review, implementation support, and security audits for distributed systems.

Team

R

Raymond Pulver

Founder

Distributed systems and P2P networking.

G

Gabe Lee

Founder

Infrastructure and system architecture.

E

Ehran

Partner

Strategic advisor, technology ventures.

A

Allen

Partner

Web3 and distributed systems.

Blog

Technical articles on P2P networking, WebTransport, and distributed systems.

December 9, 2024

L3 Abstractions for Agentic Prediction Markets

Building zero-attack-surface mesh consensus with local GPU inference and HTTP/3 transport for distributed market resolution.

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November 23, 2024

Building with WebTransport

A comprehensive guide to implementing WebTransport in modern applications, exploring its advantages over traditional protocols.

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November 23, 2024

Private AI Automation with Open Source Models

Deploying Gemma:27b and other Ollama models for privacy-sensitive workflow automation at scale.

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