The new networking layer in RF 2026.1 reduces latency by a factor of 100, and up to 1,000 in some benchmarks. But what does that actually mean? Every transaction has a lifecycle. It gets submitted to a node, that node has to broadcast it across the network, and every other node has to align on it before it finalizes. Networking sits right in the middle of that process, and its speed directly determines how long a user waits between submitting a transaction and seeing it land. A 100x reduction means transactions reach finality significantly faster. Faster networking means shorter confirmation windows, more predictable settlement timing, and the kind of responsive, real-time feel that high-throughput financial applications require. Watch Cosmos Stack Engineering Manager Alex Johnson @cozartshmoopler explain it in his own words:(Cosmos - The Interchain ⚛️)