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Let’s be honest. Most Layer 1 chains say the same thing. Fast. Cheap. Scalable. Revolutionary. I’ve heard it all before. Every year there’s a new one. Every year it’s supposed to change everything. And then the network crashes when people actually use it.

The problem isn’t that we don’t have enough blockchains. We have too many. The real problem is they don’t hold up when it matters. Fees spike. Validators struggle. The chain slows down. Or worse it just stops. And then everyone jumps on Twitter pretending it’s part of some grand experiment.

So now we have Fogo. A high performance Layer 1 that uses the Solana Virtual Machine. Okay. That at least makes some sense. Instead of inventing a brand new system nobody asked for they’re using something that already works. Or at least something that’s been tested under real pressure.

The Solana Virtual Machine isn’t magic. But it does one thing right. It runs transactions in parallel instead of one by one like it’s 2015. That’s how computers actually work. Multiple cores. Multiple processes. Not a single file line waiting for permission. So yeah that part is smart.

But here’s the part nobody likes to talk about. Fast systems are fragile. When you push hardware hard things break. Networks get congested. Validators need serious machines. Suddenly decentralization starts looking like a luxury. Not everyone can afford to run a node. That’s a problem.

And don’t say technology improves. Sure it does. But hardware requirements creeping up every year doesn’t magically make things decentralized. It just means fewer people can participate.

Using the Solana Virtual Machine means Fogo isn’t starting from zero. Developers already know how to build on SVM. That’s good. Less friction. Less learning curve. I’m tired of chains that expect devs to learn some brand new language just to deploy a basic app. Nobody has time for that.

But being compatible isn’t enough. Why would anyone move. That’s the real question. Solana already exists. It’s big. It has liquidity. It has users. So what’s the reason to pick Fogo instead. Slightly better performance. Lower latency. Better uptime. It has to be something real not just numbers on a dashboard.

And let’s talk about high performance. I don’t care about testnet TPS. I care about what happens when markets are going crazy and bots are slamming the chain with thousands of transactions per second. Does it stay up. Or does it freeze. That’s the only benchmark that matters.

Parallel execution is great. It makes sense. Transactions that don’t touch the same accounts can run at the same time. Fine. But that also means developers have to be careful about how they design programs. State management gets tricky. It’s not plug and play. So don’t pretend it’s simple.

Layer 2s tried to fix scaling by building on top of slower chains. That works sometimes. But it adds complexity. Bridges. Rollups. More moving parts. More points of failure. Fogo going the Layer 1 route means they’re saying the base layer itself should be fast. I respect that. At least it’s direct.

Still fast doesn’t mean reliable. And reliable is what people actually need. If I’m trading I don’t want to wonder if the chain will halt. If I’m building an app I don’t want to pray that validators stay in sync. I just want it to work. Every time.

The crypto space loves big promises. But what we really need is boring stability. No drama. No emergency patches at 3am. No validators scrambling to coordinate fixes in public Discord servers.

If Fogo can actually stay up under pressure then great. If it can handle real usage without melting even better. But that’s a big if. And I’m done pretending every new chain deserves blind optimism.

Here’s the reality. Using the Solana Virtual Machine is a practical move. It avoids reinventing the wheel. It taps into existing developer knowledge. It aligns with how modern hardware works. Those are real advantages.

But advantages don’t mean success. Execution does. And not just transaction execution. Team execution. Network management. Community building. Incentives that make sense long term not just for the first six months.

I don’t need another chain telling me it’s the future. I need one that survives stress. One that doesn’t buckle when activity spikes. One that doesn’t quietly trade decentralization for speed and hope nobody notices.

At this point I’m not asking for revolutionary. I’m asking for functional. Fast is nice. Stable is better. Just make it work.
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