FOGO: Eliminating the Latency Tax in DeFi
Decentralized trading has long struggled to compete with centralized exchanges on one critical factor: speed. Delayed confirmations, congestion, and execution lag create what many call the “latency tax” — a hidden cost that reduces capital efficiency and widens spreads.
FOGO is a Layer 1 blockchain built on the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) and powered by the Firedancer client, designed specifically to address this structural weakness.
With sub-40ms block times and optimized validator performance, FOGO significantly reduces confirmation delays. Faster execution enables tighter spreads, more efficient market making, and a trading experience that approaches CEX-level responsiveness — but fully on-chain.
Rather than trying to be everything at once, FOGO focuses on high-performance decentralized trading infrastructure. If DeFi aims to compete at scale, eliminating latency is not an upgrade — it is a requirement.
