I tested Fogo seriously for a week on-chain. It gave me the experience I have ever had. Then I started asking questions.
* Fogo Sessions got rid of wallet popups from my workflow. For high-frequency derivatives trading this was not a small improvement. It was a big change.
I could place orders quickly on Vortex. It felt like using an exchange terminal. That goal to make blockchain invisible is really rare. I felt it right away.
But here is what the experience did not show me: Sessions are a security step.
They limit the time and amount for delegated signing. This shifts risk management from the protocol to the user.
In an environment that smoothness becomes a problem. The comfort is real. So is the tradeoff.
I looked deeper. The problems got bigger.
FOGOs price was near $0.02 after launch.
There was not liquidity, for some pairs.
This made slippage a serious issue.
The gasless onboarding was great until the subsidy ended.
Developers I spoke with were quietly struggling with low-level modifications.
These modifications made tooling a rebuild exercise.
Fogos infrastructure is great. Its ecosystem is not there yet.
It has rails. I am still waiting for the trains.