Our new CEO, William Herkelrath, took your questions in a Community AMA on Reddit, covering everything about Algorand.

Key highlights:

🎯 Self-sustainability is the number one priority for Algorand 2.0, and William believes it's achievable in under 5 years. Every existing initiative and partnership is being reviewed against that goal.

💰 The plan is to deliver services the market will pay for, then use that new revenue to become net buyers of $ALGO and increase payouts to node operators.

🔐 Network security is Algorand's biggest competitive advantage, and we will be doubling down on it. That includes offering PQ attestation and validation services to other chains, pursuing non-crypto use cases, and exploring how Algorand's PQ stack can help secure tokenized stock markets.

🏢 Enterprises will soon be able to use the Algorand network without touching $ALGO directly.

🌉 Multi-chain support is a core part of the 2027 strategy, with cross-chain bridging, swapping, and messaging as priorities. More detail on implementation is expected in early Q1 2027.

🤝 William spent most of his first month on business development and partnerships, with a focus on bringing more mainstream partners, workloads, and traffic onto the network.

⛽ There are no plans to raise transaction fees. Charging more for higher-value products and services at the application layer may be explored instead.

💧 On DeFi liquidity, Algorand is open to low-risk opportunities that support network self-sustainability and has already reviewed a few pitches.

📜 Algorand already holds several patents and is likely to pursue more, particularly to protect services built on open-source tech.

🗓️ On the King Safety paper, William is taking several months to settle in before executing a new plan, with updates on timelines and milestones to follow.