On-chain trading has been bottlenecked for years. Traders are stuck choosing between:
🔹 Slow blockchains with MEV drain
🔸 Centralized exchanges with custody risk
@FogoChain - an SVM Layer-1 built for trading, is here to change that.
Here's a deep-dive anon🧵
@zaimiriQ @Cryptowithkhan @LisaFlorentina8 @Gautamguptagg @EarnByAbhi Fogo is a Layer-1 purpose-built for trading & designed with speed and fairness at its core.
🔹~40ms block times
🔸Sub-1s finality
🔹Pyth integrated at consensus for real-time price feeds
🔸Fully SVM-compatible (Solana programs run seamlessly)
Think CEX execution, on-chain.
How does @FogoChain achieve this performance?
🔹Firedancer client: fastest execution, eliminating @Solana’s bottlenecks.
🔸Multi-local consensus: ultra-low latency + fallback safety
🔹Curated validator set: filters underperformers & MEV
Pushing the performance limits!
Even in testing, @FogoChain is already showing serious throughput:
🔹110+ TPS sustained over the past 24h
🔸Peaks of 9K+ TPS during stress tests
🔹39B+ total transactions processed so far
🔸Network fees live and validators active
Early numbers, big potential.
Raw speed is only half the story! While most chains let bots win, @FogoChain is built for fair trading.
🔹Frequent batch auctions to minimize toxic flow
🔸Co-location design inspired by Wall Street infra
🔹Reduced MEV extraction
🔸Optimized liquidity & price discovery
Strong design needs strong backers, and @FogoChain has them.
🔹$5.5M seed led by CMS & Distributed Global
🔸$8M public sale at $100M FDV with 3,000+ participants
A $100M valuation at launch isn’t common.
It shows capital, conviction, and confidence in the fastest trading L1.
Capital means nothing without execution, and the @FogoChain team knows how markets work.
🔹Robert Sagurton: ex- @jump_, @JPMorgan
🔸Douglas Colkitt: Founder, @ambient_finance
🔹Michael Cahill: CEO, @PythNetwork
Builders with real trading microstructure expertise.
With speed, fairness, and proven builders, @FogoChain is built for traders who demand more.
🔹L1-native execution at millisecond speeds
🔸Fair market design that minimizes MEV
🔹Infrastructure ready for institutional flow
A purpose-built home for serious trading.
To recap, @FogoChain at a glance:
🔹Purpose-built trading chain
🔸~40ms block times, sub-1s finality
🔹$13.5M, raised with 3,000+ participants
🔸Backed by a team with deep expertise
A Layer-1 built specifically for traders, with performance & fairness at its core.
If you’ve made it this far, you probably care about trading infra anon.
Do the algo a favor, drop an RT and help fuel the blocks
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