I’ll be honest — I almost ignored Fogo.
Another L1.
Another “we’re faster” pitch.
Another TPS number nobody will remember in six months.
But then someone I trust told me he moved his trading bot over from Solana — without changing a single line of code.
Zero changes.
Same SVM environment.
It just worked.
That’s when I started paying attention.
Because most new chains don’t just ask for adoption — they ask for reinvention.
New language.
New VM.
New tooling.
New mental model.
And six months later, their developer ecosystem is empty because nobody wanted to rebuild everything from scratch.
Fogo’s pitch is different.
What if you didn’t have to start over?
I tried it myself on Ambient. Ran a few trades.
If you’ve used Solana long enough, you know what congestion feels like.
That moment when your transaction is stuck behind 50,000 memecoin transfers.
When blocks are technically fast — but practically crowded.
On Fogo, that friction just… wasn’t there.
Same VM.
Different network conditions.
Your transaction isn’t competing with random launches for block space.
The 40ms block time sounds like marketing until you actually sit there and feel the execution difference.
It’s subtle — but noticeable.
I’m not saying Fogo is proven.
It’s early.
But the philosophy makes sense to me:
Don’t reinvent what already works.
Don’t force developers to relearn everything.
Take a proven environment — and run it cleaner.
That feels more sustainable than trying to build a whole new universe from zero and hoping people migrate.
Sometimes innovation isn’t about replacing the system.
It’s about refining it.