EVM compatibility vs building from scratch – when is it worth it?

Had a nice chat with Nick Dodson from Fuel Network about their sub-100ms transaction claims and why they built Sway instead of using Solidity.

Few things that stood out:

• Claims Fuel hits under 100ms vs even Solana's 400ms (let alone EVM) through parallel processing
• Built entirely new language (Sway) instead of EVM compatibility
• His path from early Ethereum days to building an L2

Got me thinking about the trade-offs between EVM compatibility vs building from scratch for performance. Anyone here tried Sway? Curious if the developer experience is worth learning another language.