Eclipse: The perfect fusion of Ethereum and Solana

By championing the use of smart contracts and decentralized apps (DApps), the Ethereum (ETH) network has revolutionized the way we look at blockchain technology. Unfortunately, Ethereum has also suffered from performance issues, due to network congestion and its suboptimal scalability setup. Two approaches to dealing with the blockchain's performance weaknesses took off around 2020 and 2021 — one was active work on alternative blockchain networks that would deliver better scalability and throughput capacity and, in parallel with it, research and development on Ethereum-linked Layer 2 solutions.

The first approach led to the introduction of several high-performance networks, among which Solana (SOL) has stood out, thanks to its excellent throughput capacity of up to 65,000 transactions per second (TPS). In turn, the work on Layer 2 solutions resulted in numerous rollup networks, with Arbitrum (ARB) and Optimism (OP) probably the most dominant of these as of 2025. Both Solana and the leading rollups servicing Ethereum feature much lower transaction fees and higher processing capacity compared to Ethereum, the world's premier smart contract chain.

However, Solana isn't directly compatible with Ethereum to leverage the latter's vast ecosystem, while the existing rollups come with their own share of drawbacks — poor compatibility with non-Ethereum environments, inefficient data availability (DA) layers, inflexible validation of cryptographic proofs that accompany transaction data and the lack of parallelized processing.

Eclipse is an Ethereum Layer 2 network that utilizes the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) to offer a platform compatible with both Solana and Ethereum. Its SVM-powered engine, Celestia (TIA)–based DA layer and selective use of zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs allow Eclipse to achieve stellar performance characteristics and address the main drawbacks of existing Layer 2 rollups.

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