In a growing multi-SVM landscape, the networks that endure won’t be the ones shouting the highest TPS — they’ll be the ones that treat performance as an economic system rather than a marketing metric. This is the environment is positioning itself for.
As more chains adopt the Solana Virtual Machine, what started with as a performance-focused architecture has evolved into a shared execution standard across multiple networks. Tooling is shared. Execution logic is shared. Liquidity assumptions are shared. In this reality, compatibility alone is no longer differentiation — every SVM chain inherits the same base layer.
What separates networks now is architectural discipline and incentive alignment. Fogo’s thesis is that performance is not simply raw speed, but coordinated system design. It maintains full SVM compatibility so developers can migrate existing programs and reuse infrastructure without friction, preserving ecosystem continuity. But compatibility does not mean uniformity.
Fogo introduces structural decisions around validator performance, congestion management, and economic incentives that create a distinct operational profile. Validator revenue is aligned with measurable performance outcomes, encouraging operators to optimize hardware efficiency, latency coordination, and system stability. Performance becomes economically reinforced, not just advertised.