Fogo distinguishes itself from general-purpose blockchains like Solana by narrowing its focus to "worst-case" latency rather than just average throughput. Its architecture is built on three core innovations:
Pure Firedancer Client: Fogo utilizes a highly optimized validator client (originally developed by Jump Crypto) written in C++, which enables parallel processing and zero-copy data flow to achieve block times as low as 40ms.
Multi-Local Zoned Consensus: To minimize physical networking delays, Fogo uses "zones" where validators are geographically co-located in financial hubs like Tokyo, reducing coordination time while maintaining resilience through rotating backups.
Trading-Centric Primitives: The protocol integrates native price oracles, "enshrined" limit order books (CLOBs), and built-in MEV mitigation directly into its core to ensure execution fairness and prevent front-running.
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