I was talking to my cousin last night. He trades crypto almost every day. I asked him if he cares about block times. He laughed and said bro I care about one thing only. Does my money move fast or does it not.
Then I tried explaining what forty milliseconds actually means. He listened and then said wait so thats why my Solana trades feel better than my Ethereum trades.
Yeah exactly.
Here is the thing about forty milliseconds.
Blink your eye right now. Go ahead actually do it. That blink took you about three hundred milliseconds. In that same time $FOGO just made seven blocks. Seven.
Now think about sending money to someone.
On Ethereum right now you hit send and you wait. Sometimes five seconds sometimes thirty if the network is packed. You stare at the screen hoping it goes through.
On Fogo you hit send and its done before you even realize it started. No stare. No hope. Just done.
For people who trade all day this is huge.
Say you spot a price you like. You want in before it moves. On a slow chain by the time your order gets there that price is gone. Someone else grabbed it. You lost.
On @Fogo Official you get in at the price you saw. Thats it.
Another thing nobody talks about.
When blocks fly this fast the whole network just feels better. No traffic jams. No transactions stuck in line waiting their turn. Everything moves smooth.
My cousin told me something that stuck. He said once you get used to fast chains the slow ones start to annoy you. Like going back to old internet after having fiber. You just sit there mad all the time.
So forty milliseconds is not just a number for marketing. It means you dont wait around. It means you get what you paid for. It means your trade happens when you want it to happen.
If DeFi wants to beat the regular exchanges this is the kind of speed we need. Because nobody wants to wait anymore. Not for websites not for videos not for money.
What do you think. Am I making too big a deal out of this or does speed actually matter that much.
