Eclipse is a high-performance Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) blockchain designed to combine Ethereum's security and liquidity with the execution speed of the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM). It is built as an optimistic rollup using Ethereum for settlement, Celestia for scalable data availability, and RISC Zero for fraud proofs.

Eclipse aims to support compute-intensive applications such as artificial intelligence, real-time gaming, decentralised infrastructure (DePIN), and high-frequency DeFi. Its infrastructure includes permissioned sequencers, fraud-proof architecture, and a modular system that enables dynamic scaling and application-specific optimisations.

The network separates execution, proving, and data availability to achieve scalability, with Ethereum providing finality and asset security. Eclipse uses GSVM, a hardware-aware SVM client designed to scale horizontally with modern compute environments.

The Eclipse (ES) token is the native utility and governance asset for the Eclipse protocol. It has been deployed across multiple chains and serves the following primary functions:

• Gas Token: ES can be used to pay for transaction fees on the Eclipse chain via a native paymaster system.

• Governance: Token holders can participate in governance to influence protocol parameters such as fee structures, upgrade paths, and application-specific rules (e.g., custom sequencing logic).

• Staking and MEV Participation: ES holders may stake to specific applications to receive a portion of native emissions and MEV redistribution, subject to governance decisions.

• Fraud Proof Incentives: ES may be used as a bond in fraud proof challenge systems. Participants who successfully dispute invalid transactions may be rewarded in ES.

• Economic Alignment: Future mechanisms governed by token holders may introduce forms of native yield or bonding, aligning incentives across users, applications, and infrastructure operators.