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Hey everyone, if you’re interested in NFTs, digital art, PFPs, or just love building awesome on-chain experiences, stop what you’re doing and pay attention to what’s going down on Fogo.
Fogo is a blazing-fast Layer-1 blockchain built on the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM). It’s optimized from the ground up for real-time DeFi and high-performance applications – think block times of 40 ms and finality in about 1.3 seconds. That’s fast enough to enable a whole new world of NFT experiences. And with the entire Metaplex stack now live on Fogo, creators finally have the ultimate combination of power, efficiency, and speed.
Let’s talk about exactly what Metaplex brings to Fogo and why this is a big deal, more than you might think.
Token Metadata – Smart Assets That Actually Make Sense
Every awesome NFT begins with awesome metadata. On Fogo, the Token Metadata program lets you add rich, readable information to any SPL token. That’s how you turn ordinary tokens into fungible, semi-fungible, or fully non-fungible assets that dApps, marketplaces, and explorers can instantly understand.
You get all the classic NFT powers:
•Delegation
•Sales
•Owned escrow (think ERC-6551-style smart wallets)
•And more
But here’s the awesome part: Programmable NFTs. Artists can embed rulesets directly into the NFT so it cannot be resold or delegated on marketplaces that don’t care about royalties. That’s actual creator rights built right into the asset.
Want to drop limited print runs of a 1/1 artwork? Token Metadata handles Master Edition + numbered edition copies flawlessly. On Fogo’s ultra-low-latency network, every update, transfer, and query is instantaneous – no more waiting around for metadata to load.
Core – The Efficient, Future-Proof Standard
Core is the next level. It retains all the awesome stuff from Token Metadata (editions, royalty enforcement, and so on) but introduces a robust plugin architecture.
Rather than clogging up your NFT with multiple accounts, Core has a sleek and compact account architecture. This means:
•Tiny on-chain footprint
•Low rent costs
•Unlimited flexibility
The plugin architecture is pure brilliance. Want to add attributes, custom royalties, or even an “autograph” function later on? Just hook it up – no need to redeploy an entire new program. It abstracts away a massive amount of SVM complexity in favor of your custom-protocol freedom.
On a chain as fast as Fogo, this efficiency means silky-smooth experiences for both creators and users.
Candy Machine – The Easiest (and Smartest) Way to Launch Collections
Launching an NFT drop was a stressful experience – bots, gas wars, failed transactions. Candy Machine on Fogo flips this script entirely.
It supports lazy minting: all the collection data is pre-loaded, and minters just pull assets as they mint. This ensures it stays scalable and efficient.
But here’s the best part: Built-in Guards allow creators to define exact minting rules:
•Sol Payment → set your price
•Token Gate → only allowlist holders can mint
•Token Payment → accept any custom token
•Start Date → define exactly when the sale goes live
Stack these guards and you can execute fair, bot-proof sales that feel high-end. And since Fogo is so fast, thousands of people can mint in seconds without any congestion or headaches.
Developer Tools Are Ready to Go
If you’re a dev, Metaplex on Fogo provides you with:
•Full documentation
•JavaScript package
•Rust crate
Solana devs can simply copy-and-paste their code and start deploying on Fogo right away. SVM compatibility is 100% – no learning curve, just improved performance.
Why This Combo Actually Matters
Fogo wasn’t made to be “another Solana fork.” Fogo was made for speed enthusiasts in DeFi and real-time experiences. Together with Metaplex, this means:
•Mints in real-time for live drops
•Seamless secondary markets
•Affordable edition printing
•Royalty protection that actually works
•Real-time generative art or dynamic NFTs
This is the type of infrastructure that makes NFT projects feel alive, not clunky.
Whether you’re an artist launching your first collection, a developer working on the next big marketplace, or a collector searching for the next 100× project — Fogo + Metaplex is something you should pay attention to today.
Head over to the tools themselves, follow the official handle FOGO for the latest updates, and keep an eye on $FOGO , the token fueling this high-speed platform.
The future of NFTs isn’t coming… it’s already live on Fogo.
#fogo $FOGO @fogo

Well, last weekend I finally did it. I was sitting at my desk, 11 PM, coffee going cold, staring at my trading screen after being front-run again on another chain. That’s when I said to myself, “I’m spinning up a real Fogo node tonight.”
I grabbed a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 LTS box I had lying around (the one I normally use for backtesting).
First, I downloaded the latest client source tarball and un-tarred the files. I opened the terminal and ran:
./deps.sh
I typed “y,” grabbed another cup of coffee, and when I came back, everything was installed perfectly.
The next command was like magic:
make -j agave-ledger-tool solana fdctl
The computer was alive, with the fans running, the CPU at 92%. In about 12 minutes, the fdctl binary was ready. I was smiling, as most new chains take hours of debugging at this stage. No drama with Fogo.
The next part was the fun part. I had to create my own `config.toml`, using the Testnet example as a basis, adjusting the paths to my environment, and saving it.
Next:
fdctl configure init all --config /home/fogo/config.toml
fdctl run --config /home/fogo/config.toml
I pressed enter, leaned back in my chair, and waited. The terminal was quiet, with no errors or missing dependencies. In 60 seconds, my node was syncing, blocks being downloaded at sub-40ms. I literally said out loud, “This is too smooth.”
Let me be honest about the hardware I used (since it actually matters this time):
•24-core CPU @ 3.8 GHz with AVX512
•128 GB ECC RAM
•1 TB NVMe SSD (separate 500 GB drive for OS only)
•1 Gbps dedicated line
I did not skimp on hardware because I wanted this node to stay online even when the network gets busy. If you are serious about running a Fogo validator, this is what you should be aiming for.
What was surprising to me?
The professionalism of the whole experience. The Firedancer client is ridiculously fast, and the options are well-explained. The instructions are written as if they were intended for traders, not coders.
My node is now online 24/7, helping secure a chain that was actually designed for traders. Zero session fees, fair ordering, and speeds that actually match real markets. Every block that my node generates makes me feel like I’m actually contributing to the $FOGO ecosystem.
If you’ve been waiting for the right time to get involved with a high-performance L1, this is it. I’m actually excited about what the FOGO team is building.
Let’s grow this network together, one fast node at a time.
#fogo $FOGO @fogo

Solana developers and DeFi enthusiasts, if you’re fed up with users falling off because of “approve” pop-ups and gas costs, Fogo is the answer you’ve been looking for.
I’ve personally deployed many programs on the Solana blockchain, and when I tried Fogo, I was blown away. This blockchain is exactly the same as Solana – same software, same code, same speed – but with new capabilities that completely revolutionize the user experience.
Fogo is 100% compatible with the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM). This means that any Solana program you’ve developed can be deployed on Fogo without modifying a single line of code. Your account models, instructions, and runtime remain exactly the same. The only change is that you get 40 millisecond block times and smart geographic zone optimization, which further reduces latency. For high-performance DeFi, this is a complete game-changer.
Deployment is very easy. You simply use the Solana CLI and set the Fogo mainnet RPC URL and use the same command you use for deployment. Your program will be live immediately, and you can retain your keypair as the authority. You can use all the same Solana CLI commands to verify and interact with your program.
If you are an Anchor user, there are no issues either. You simply need to update the cluster URL in your Anchor.toml file and then anchor build and anchor deploy. IDL generation, client libraries, and testing frameworks – all of these are working flawlessly. There is no migration issue, and there is no learning curve either.
However, the most exciting feature of Fogo is Fogo Sessions. This is a chain primitive that comes with Fogo. It is an account abstraction solution coupled with paymasters. With this, your users will be able to use your application without having to sign every transaction and without having to pay any gas fees. It’s as if you are using a normal website, but everything is still on-chain and secure.
The most exciting part of this feature, however, is that it prioritizes the safety of your users. Users can control their own spending limits, domain verification prevents malicious sites from draining your wallet, and users can try out new applications without risking their entire wallet balance. This significantly reduces the barrier to entry in DeFi and brings in real users.
For React developers, it’s easy to integrate. Simply wrap your app with FogoSessionProvider, use the SessionButton component, and interact with sessions using the useSession hook. The end result? Seamless onboarding and significantly improved retention.
I’ve personally tried it, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that Fogo is the chain Solana devs have been waiting for in 2026. Nothing changes for you, performance is orders of magnitude better, and users get the seamless, gasless experience they’ve never had on any other chain before.
If you’re building perpetuals, lending protocols, yield farming, or any other DeFi app, seriously give Fogo a shot. The tools are familiar, the performance is insane, and the UX is finally solved.
#fogo $FOGO @Fogo Official

I have been following high-performance chains for years, and every time some new project says "faster than Solana," I roll my eye, but when I actually looked into Fogo, I felt the complete opposite. It blew me away-what I found genuinely did. Fogo is not yet another fork of Solana; it is a full rethink of the architecture that keeps everything in Solana that we love while keeping real-world bottlenecks fixed that still limit it tuoday.
1. The Unified Client Revolution (The “No More Excuses” Approach)
Traditional blockchain technology has the drawback of the ‘slowest client wins.’ This means that, out of the ten validating clients on a network, the network can only move forward if the slowest of the ten moves forward. Enough of that, says Fogo.
They are choosing to standardize on a single canonical client based on the Firedancer library, which was developed by Jump Crypto and offers an ultra-optimized and high-performance implementation for the Solana network. The network will launch with the Frankendancer client, with
hybrid version) and later fully migrate to Firedancer when development is complete.
What does that get us?
Optimized parallel processingAdvanced memory managementSIMD instructrix utilizationA complete rewrite of the networking stack in C
Result? Validators whose clients run slowly essentially miss blocks and therefore end up losing money. So, the protocol financially incentivizes the whole world to run the fastest possible client. Genius economic design.
2. Zone-Based Multi-Local Consensus (The "Physics Matters"
This is the part I was expecting to drop my jaw.
Moreover, $FOGO proposes a multi-local consensus model where validators within a particular “Zone” operate in close proximity to each other, and even better, within the same data center.
Why? Because when the latency between validators is close to the hardware limit, the finality of a block may be below 100 milliseconds.
Zones = Geographical clusters of co-located Validators.
Dynamic Zone Rotation = The network will rotate these clusters every epoch via on-chain supermajority voting.
Benefits of rotation:
It is based on jurisdictional decentralization, where no single country can capture the network.Infrastructure Resilience: The chain isn't killed by regional outages. Strategic optimization-data centers of validators can be positioned near those of major exchanges to enable low latency trading.
This is analogous to the high frequency trading houses renting racks directly alongside the matching engine on the stock exchange, albeit now for a decentralized and on-chain basis.
3. Curated Validator Set + Social Layer Governance
Fogo does not pretend that all their validators are equal. In fact, they use a curated validator set with two hard requirements:
Minimum stake threshold Validator set approval (proving operational capability) They are frank about this: "A few underperforming nodes can completely kill the performance of the entire network." Therefore, they eliminate any underperforming ones they find.
In addition to this, the curated set gets the job done in terms of social layer enforcement of the difficult-to-code behaviors:
Ejecting Validators Which Engage in Harmful MEV Extraction.Removing persistently underperforming nodes.Avoiding behaviors that break the consensus or arrest the propagation.
The governance structure ensures decentralization stays similar to traditional PoS where 2/3 stake influences. It equally provides incentives for long-term network health.
4. Full Solana Compatibility
Fogo has 100% compatibility at the execution layer of SVM, and the existing Solana programs, including tooling and infra, can migrate without changing a single line of code.
You continue to get all ongoing improvements from the Solana ecosystem upstream, but with those improvements running on a real architecture to deliver on the performance promise inherent in the original SVM design.
Why This Matters
Imagine
Sub-100ms Block Time.Validators who are naturally incentivized to utilize the absolute best hardware and software.A network that can survive regional failure.Full Solana compatibility so you don't have to choose between speed and ecosystem.
I’m actually pretty excited about this one. It looks like a bunch of engineers got fed up with all the debating over decentralization and went ahead and built something that actually works.
Thus, the curated validator + zone rotation model is a bold design choice — clearly optimized for performance. Time will tell how the decentralization trade-offs play out.
#fogo $FOGO @fogo

Think back to the early days of the Internet, and remember how big of a risk it was to put in your credit card info on a website? Everything was in the clear (i.e., HTTP), and hackers could intercept your information. Then, there was HTTPS (SSL)—in other words, "safe". enabling E-commerce and modern banking. Today, most blockchains are at the "HTTP" level, meaning everything is in the clear. Dusk is building the "HTTPS" for global finance.
We often hear that $DUSK is for institutions, but why? It’s because Dusk understands that "Confidentiality" is the backbone of any serious business. By utilizing Zero-Knowledge proofs, they’ve created a network where you can verify a transaction's validity without broadcasting the details to the entire world. This is not about secrecy; it’s about Professionalism. It’s about giving a company the confidence to put their RWA on-chain without literally serving up their strategy to their competition on a platter.
The magic happens inside their Piecrust ZKVM. While all other Layer 1 chains are struggling to add privacy after the fact, Dusk had it from the very start. It provides for "Smart Privacy" where a contract can be designed to check whether a person is from a restricted country or meets specific wealth thresholds, all without the person ever revealing his identity to the public ledger. It is only in this way that we will ever see trillions of dollars in bonds and private equity make its way to the blockchain.
While we are joining the CreatorPad journey, we are also not just investing in a token, we are investing in a new construct for human integration. $DUSK is setting an example for a decentralized world that can respect personal space and corporate security, too. The "Internet of Value" is getting its security protocol, and Dusk is holding that map.
It's no longer just about being "on the chain"; it's about being on a chain that will protect you. This is what DUSK promises to do.
#dusk $DUSK @Dusk_Foundation

We often say, within the blockchain world, that "privacy is a luxury." Most privacy protocols are famously slow, clunky, and resource-heavy, thus making them a nightmare for real-world integrations. This is the so-called Privacy Paradox: we want decentralization, but we aren't willing to wait minutes at a checkout counter or a digital gate for a proof to verify.
This is exactly where Dusk (@dusk_foundation) has shattered the ceiling. This is where Dusk’s work in the FORT protocol has managed to achieve the unthinkable—Zero-Knowledge Proofs in the speed of thought itself.
The Secret Sauce: Lightweight Cryptography
The breakthrough isn’t just about privacy; it’s also about efficiency. ZK proofs usually need significant computing power, but Dusk’s work was designed with the “Edge” in mind, i.e., the smartphones and smartwatches carried around daily.
Verification in the Blink of an Eye Certainly, in the context of the FORT benchmarks, the verification of the private access right "feels invisible." The protocol supports the verification of multiple connections in high-density environments such as smart cities:
Mid-range Smartphone: Below 0.005 seconds for verification.IoT low power - Raspberry Pi Zero: It required only 0.13 seconds.
This means you can prove you have a valid subscription, a VIP pass, or a "right to enter" a zone without the gate pausing. You aren't just private; you are frictionless.
Selective Disclosure: Proving Facts, Not Data
The actual tech advantage, however, lies with Attribute Blinding. You’re not asked to disclose your whole ID, which, by the way, can expose your sensitive information like your address or birthdate, but rather relies on Bulletproofs or Range Proofs, and allows you to prove specific attributes instead.

For example, instead of proving that "you are over 18" or that "your bank balance is sufficient," and instead of revealing the actual values, one can prove this to the service provider using Pedersen Commitments and keep the actual values entirely hidden.

DUSK Opportunity
As we advance to a Real-World Asset (RWA) world, there is a need to search for a chain that is not only compliant and secure, as has been described, but also fast enough to use by consumers. We know that $DUSK is the only Layer-1 built from day one to perform the heavy lifting of Zero-Knowledge math at a rate fast enough to use by consumers. In the race to win at Web3, it’s not going to be about who is most private, but who is most seamless. And with Dusk Network, privacy is finally a background process, not a barrier.
#dusk $DUSK @Dusk_Foundation

Let's discuss Dusk Network and their Kadcast protocol. If you’re into crypto and tech, and care about global utility and regulated sectors in finance, then $DUSK from @dusk_foundation is definitely worth looking into. “It's a Layer-1 blockchain that truly delivers on both utility and privacy. Honestly, it's flying under the radar at the moment, but I have a feeling this isn’t going to be the case for much longer.”
Well, let’s talk about one of the smartest, most underappreciated aspects of Dusk’s tech: its own peer-to-peer broadcasting protocol, called Kadcast. And honestly, it’s leagues ahead of those old gossip protocol implementations that most blockchains are saddled with.
So here is the real scoop on the traditional gossip protocols used in 2025: they are a mess. All nodes just end up sending messages to all their neighbors. Then they all end up sending messages to all their neighbors, and so on. What results from all of this noise?
You're using up way too much bandwidth for the nodes.Latency? All over the place.The same message keeps being sent over and over again, clogging things up.You get more orphaned blocks and the network slows down.
Dusk saw all this chaos and basically said,
“Yeah, no thanks. We can do better.” And that’s where Kadcast comes in.
The Technical Core: How Kademlia DHT Changed
Kadcast begins with the Kademlia Distributed Hash Table, but turns it on its head. Kademlia’s origins are rooted in the discovery of nodes, simply knowing where things are. Dusk extends this into a powerful broadcast system, taking the old method and Dusk extends this into a powerful broadcast system.
The Real Reason the XOR Metric Counts
Kadcast isn’t random in its message dissemination. It uses a way of categorizing the nodes in buckets. These buckets are categorized by the XOR metric, which measures distance. So, the routing table is kept sharp at all times.
But honestly, the thing that really stands out here is the efficiency with which messages are delivered. It isn't just fast – it’s logarithmic, or O(log n), in a nutshell. So while you might up the node count in the network from a thousand to a million, messages only take a blink of an eye longer to propagate. The network doesn’t slow down under the sheer volume of messages that typically plague a standard gossip network.
From Chaos to the Multicast Tree
Most of these gossip protocols just send messages all over the place, and hope that eventually they get where they really belong. It’s messy, and it wastes an awful lot of bandwidth. Kadcast, of course, doesn’t work like this. It’s deterministic, which means we use the power of DHTs to put together a little multicast tree in just milliseconds. Each node gets the message just when they need it, no more, no less. The end result? You look at using 25% to 50% less bandwidth than all these previous messy protocols.

Built-in Fault Tolerance
let's face it: networks are messy; nodes sometimes go out of circulation without warning—often just crashing and burning altogether. Kadcast doesn't care: that's fine by them.
A routing table that adjusts in real-time.Automatic peer swapping if a node fails.Having more peers in each bucket to guarantee a backpath.
Security and Privacy That Actually Matter
Every piece of messaging receives a signature, and a checking process occurs before anything is relayed. This prevents Sybil attacks from happening. But here’s where it gets fascinating – what you don’t realize is that messages are relayed via a series of hops with distant nodes. Therefore, you cannot identify where anything comes from.
Thus, this is a big deal for Dusk. They are all about keeping things private while at the same time playing by the rules. Kadcast helps them with this since information can be moved around confidentially without necessarily revealing the sources. This is what exactly you need for your regulated DeFi, tokenized assets, etc., if you value your private information and adhere to rules.

Bottom Line
Here's the real story: Kadcast is not some minor networking fix. This is a major step up that gives:
$DUSK faster speeds, slashes bandwidth, boosts privacyIt keeps the whole thing rock-solid. Even better, it runs smoothly on simple hardware; there is no need for fancy setups.
If you care about privacy blockchains that actually scale and play by the rules, pay attention to DUSK. The tech holds up under pressure, the team just keeps on delivering, and they know exactly where they're headed.
So, what's your take? Is structured P2P where we're all going to end up, or are we just going to stay with the same old gossip protocol forever? Let's hear it.
#dusk $DUSK @Dusk_Foundation