@Fogo Official I had a trade go through a few seconds too late and thought, “If only the chain was faster”? I’ve had that exact moment. And it changed how I look at L1 blockchains.
Recently I’ve been digging into Fogo. It’s a high performance L1 built on Solana Virtual Machine. At first I brushed it off as another speed narrative. But after spending time understanding the execution model, I see why it matters.
When I researched SVM, what stood out wasn’t flashy TPS charts. It’s the parallel execution design. If transactions don’t interfere with each other, they run at the same time. That’s a big shift from the traditional one lane model.
In simple terms, the network doesn’t waste capacity.
From what I’ve seen using SVM based systems, DeFi interactions feel smoother. Swaps confirm faster. Less friction. And in volatile markets, friction is expensive.
I think TPS only matters when the market gets chaotic. During calm periods, almost every chain feels “fast enough”.
But when thousands of users hit the network at once, low throughput chains struggle. Failed swaps, delayed confirmations, fee spikes. High TPS reduces those bottlenecks.
Still, high performance L1 designs can demand stronger validator hardware. That sometimes raises decentralization concerns. It’s always a tradeoff.
Most users won’t think about Solana Virtual Machine directly. They’ll just notice whether their transaction worked smoothly.
Fogo building around SVM feels pragmatic to me. Focus on execution first. Everything else grows on top.
Will it dominate overnight? Probably not. Ecosystems need liquidity, builders, time.
But after experiencing congestion firsthand, I’ve learned one thing. When markets move fast, architecture decisions suddenly become very real. And that’s why I’m watching this space closely.