40ms blocks is the difference between “I traded” and “I got traded.”
Fogo is aiming for ~40ms blocks with ~1.3s confirmations — so DeFi stops feeling like you’re clicking into delay.
They’re pushing speed the hard way: validator colocation + multi-local consensus to keep coordination tight.
And mainnet launching with Wormhole as the native bridge means it’s not trying to be a fast island.
I’m not buying hype. I’m watching one thing: does it stay this snappy under real load?