@Fogo Official I used to roll my eyes every time someone bragged about TPS numbers. It felt like 2021 all over again. Bigger number wins, right? Not really.
Then I actually spent time digging into the Solana Virtual Machine and testing apps built around it. That’s when it clicked for me. SVM isn’t just about flashy throughput. It’s about how transactions are executed. Parallel processing. Smarter resource use. Not forcing everything into a single line like older designs.
From what I’ve seen, this changes how DeFi feels. Swaps confirm fast. Liquidity moves without that awkward lag. You don’t sit there wondering if your transaction will get stuck or repriced. It feels closer to a Web2 app, and that matters more than we admit.
Fogo building as an L1 around SVM makes sense to me. Instead of reinventing execution, it leans into a system that’s already optimized for performance. A high performance L1 doesn’t need to shout about TPS every five minutes. It needs to prove it can handle real on chain activity when markets get chaotic.
That said, speed alone doesn’t solve everything. High throughput chains can still struggle with decentralization tradeoffs, validator requirements, and network stability under extreme load. I think that’s the real test for any serious L1. Not peak TPS in perfect conditions, but resilience when things get messy.
Honestly, what interests me most is how this impacts builders. If developers can deploy DeFi apps on an L1 that feels fast, predictable, and efficient, experimentation increases. And when experimentation increases, innovation usually follows.
I’m not chasing the “fastest chain” narrative anymore. I’m watching which L1 blockchains actually make DeFi smoother for users. Fogo betting on SVM is a strong technical choice. Now it just has to prove itself in the wild.