I used to think DeFi inefficiency was just “part of the game.”
Missed fills.
Phantom liquidity.
Orders that look executable until they aren’t.
Then I started looking at it the way a prop desk would.
When execution drifts even slightly from expectation, it’s not a UI issue. It’s a structural flaw. In traditional markets, that gap gets arbitraged instantly. In DeFi, we normalized it.
That normalization is expensive.
@Fogo Official feels different because it doesn’t treat latency as a cosmetic metric. It treats it as financial leakage.
Firedancer architecture.
Deterministic execution paths.
SVM compatibility without rewriting strategy logic.
When block times compress toward exchange-engine territory, entire strategy classes unlock. Market makers don’t have to overprice risk. Spread tightens naturally. Arbitrage stops being theoretical and starts being mechanical.
And that’s the real shift.
Most chains chase TPS headlines.
Fogo is chasing execution integrity.
If on-chain order books become viable at millisecond-level confirmation, AMMs stop being a necessity and start being a choice.
That’s a big difference.
Because once execution quality matches institutional standards, capital behaves differently.
Speed isn’t about bragging rights.
It’s about who keeps the edge.
