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Chris Burniske
Eclipse: the Best of Solana, Ethereum, and Celestia
Chris Burniske

One way to think of the design choices within the layers is the lower down the stack we go, the more we need small machines to be able to verify the truth. By ‘small machines’ we mean a set of requirements that are widely achievable, allowing nearly anyone to verify the truth if they so desire, keeping collusion at bay. So long as these smaller machines are publishing and verifying “the truth,” then bigger machines can run execution at levels higher up the stack, achieving greater performance but not sacrificing decentralization where it matters. Intriguingly, this design means Eclipse’s transaction throughput capacity could surpass that of the Solana L1, allowing it to be home to a diverse ecosystem of its own. 

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Chris Burniske
Mario Laul
Stable Coins, Stable Growth
Mario Laul

The core function of blockchain networks is to securely process and maintain timestamped information records. In principle, this can be any kind of data, but the most typical example is information related to financial balances and transactions. The simplest, most common financial transaction is payment and, while most blockchains today serve multiple use cases, processing transfers of nominal units of value – such as when paying for goods, services, or other cryptoassets – remains an essential use case for all major networks. But while successful blockchains are already dominant payment networks in some niche markets, their success for everyday payments at scale is much more strongly tied to government-regulated fiat as opposed to cryptocurrencies.

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Mario Laul
Joel Monegro
Is it time to Move beyond Solidity?
Joel Monegro

The EVM has been the most popular blockchain operating system since Ethereum launched almost a decade ago. However, few developers love developing with its native programming language, Solidity; some even compare the experience to “chewing glass.” Nevertheless, entrepreneurs choose it because it facilitates access to Ethereum’s users, assets, and liquidity. But if we want to have 10x the number of onchain applications, we must have 100x the number of developers able to build them. To do that, we have to make it much easier for the average programmer to write sophisticated smart contracts while increasing the security and scalability properties of the underlying infrastructure. That’s the central promise behind the Move programming language and the emerging ecosystem of networks that employ it.

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Joel Monegro

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