I nearly skipped Fogo at first.
Another fast L1 didn’t sound interesting. What caught my attention was the choice to use the Solana Virtual Machine and not pretend it was revolutionary. SVM already works in real conditions, developers understand it, and that means Fogo starts with expectations, not excuses.
Using a proven execution environment changes everything. If performance struggles, people won’t say “it’s early.” They’ll compare it immediately with other SVM networks.
To me, Fogo doesn’t look like it’s chasing new architecture. It looks like it’s trying to run a known system cleanly. And honestly, that’s harder. Real blockchains aren’t tested by demos, they’re tested by unpredictable traffic, validator coordination, and fee stability.
Good infrastructure should feel boring. If users notice the chain, something is probably wrong.
So I’m not watching hype or TPS numbers. I’m watching consistency. If Fogo becomes steady and predictable, that will matter more than any headline metric.
Do you think reliability matters more than innovation in blockchains?