I used to think all blockchains were basically the same regardless of where the servers actually sat.
Then I tried Fogo and realized how much physical distance matters.
Fogo uses something called zoned consensus to group validators by their actual location.
Most networks ignore the speed of light,
but
as the developers say
"latency is not a nuisance; it’s the base layer."
We finally have a system that respects physics.
It makes my transactions feel instant because the data stays close to home.