Fogo on TPS charts is still being compared by the majority of people.
That’s missing the point.
The real experiment isn’t throughput. It’s topology.
Fogo launched its public mainnet on January 15, 2026, with a clear performance target: ~40ms blocks and five-figure throughput. But the interesting part isn’t the number. It’s how they’re trying to get there. A zone-based validator structure. Geographic co-location. A curated validator set that prioritizes execution consistency over theoretical decentralization.
That’s a design choice.
They’re effectively asking: what if you optimize for predictable latency first, and decentralization expands later?
Interoperability was wired in from day one via Wormhole, which tells you they don’t want to build liquidity slowly. They want immediate cross-chain capital flow. And with a reported $7M Binance sale around mainnet, early price action will likely reflect supply digestion more than organic demand.
So the near-term signal is simple.
Do latency-sensitive apps actually migrate? Do serious trading flows choose it because execution is measurably better?
If they do, Fogo becomes more than another SVM chain.
If they don’t, 40ms is just a headline.