Most new chains start with a narrative. Fogo started with a constraint.
If blockspace is meant for trading, then latency is not a feature, it is the product. Fogo’s design leans into that idea. Sub-second confirmation targets, SVM compatibility for easy porting, and a validator setup optimized for performance rather than maximum dispersion. It is not trying to be everything. It is trying to be fast under pressure.
The interesting part is not the headline speed. It is the structural choice. By focusing on trading-grade execution and vertically integrated infra, Fogo is implicitly betting that serious liquidity cares more about deterministic performance than ideological decentralization in the early phase.
That trade-off defines the project. If real order flow shows up and spreads stay tight during volatility, the thesis holds. If not, raw throughput becomes just another metric on a dashboard.
Performance attracts attention. Liquidity decides survival.