I’ve seen a lot of people compare Fogo to Solana. After actually spending time testing it, that comparison feels a bit surface-level.
From what I can tell, Fogo isn’t trying to win a speed contest. It’s focused on something more specific reducing client fragmentation in the SVM ecosystem. Standardizing around Firedancer and tightening validator performance isn’t about flashy metrics. It’s about consistency. You give up some theoretical decentralization, but in return you get more predictable behavior across the network.
And that predictability matters. When you’re dealing with order books, liquidations, or more institutional-style DeFi flows, small inconsistencies compound quickly. The sub-50ms block time target makes more sense in that context not as a bragging point, but as a requirement for stable execution.
I’m not saying it’s the perfect approach. There are trade-offs, and those deserve scrutiny. But it’s definitely not just “another Solana.” It feels more like an experiment in tightening market structure within the SVM model.
That’s a different conversation entirely.
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