Eclipse: Building an ETH Rollup with SOL Tech w/ Founder Neel

In this episode of the Dirty Digg podcast, host Dirt Diggler chats with Neel from Eclipse about building an Ethereum rollup using Solana's parallelized virtual machine. Topics discussed include: - Neel's background working at Airbnb, Citadel, and what sparked his interest in crypto - An overview of how Eclipse works - using Solana SVM for parallelization while settling transactions on Ethereum for security - Contrasting Eclipse with pure L1 designs like Solana in areas like data availability and state verification - Eclipse's goals of tapping into Ethereum's network effects and assets while leveraging Solana's throughput - How Eclipse ensures decentralization and chain safety without using a governance token - When rollups can and can't enable advanced on-chain computation like machine learning - The pros and cons of different layer 2 architectures and tradeoffs compared to L1s - Upcoming plans and timelines for Eclipse's testnet, audits, and mainnet launch This deep dive provides perspective on the key technical decisions and philosophy behind building Eclipse as a hybrid rollup solution bridging Solana and Ethereum.