Luganodes X Eclipse: Bridging Speed and Security

Introduction

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Eclipse, the modular blockchain that combines the speed of Solana with Ethereum’s liquidity and security. As provider of RPC nodes for Eclipse, Luganodes is proud to contribute to this innovative protocol, enabling next-gen decentralized applications (dApps) to scale without compromise.

What is Eclipse?

Eclipse is an Ethereum Layer 2 network that combines cutting-edge technologies to address blockchain scalability challenges while retaining Ethereum’s trustless security and liquidity. By integrating Solana’s parallelized execution environment (SVM) with Celestia’s scalable Data Availability (DA) and Ethereum’s settlement layer, Eclipse redefines how dApps are built and operated.

Core Components of Eclipse Mainnet

1. Settlement: Eclipse uses Ethereum as its settlement layer, inheriting its economic security and leveraging ETH as the native gas token.

2. Execution: The highly performant Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) enables parallel transaction execution, ensuring unmatched speeds and scalability.

3. Data Availability (DA): Data is posted to Celestia, which offers low-cost, secure, and high-throughput DA, making transactions verifiable on consumer hardware.

4. Proving: Eclipse employs RISC Zero for Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proofs, enhancing security and efficiency without the need for intermediate state serialization.

This unique architecture provides developers and users with a secure, composable, and scalable environment for decentralized innovation.

Eclipse’s Key Innovations

1. Solana Virtual Machine (SVM): Turbocharged Execution

Eclipse leverages the SVM for parallelized execution, which processes non-overlapping transactions simultaneously. This approach significantly outperforms traditional single-threaded virtual machines like the EVM by scaling with hardware advancements, reducing costs, and enabling high-demand applications such as gaming and DeFi.

• Optimized Parallel Execution: Allows for better resource utilization by leveraging multi-core processors.

• Local Fee Markets: Prevents fee spikes in one application from affecting others, ensuring cost-efficient transactions.

2. Ethereum Integration: Security and Liquidity

Eclipse settles on Ethereum, the most economically secure blockchain, ensuring that all transactions are backed by Ethereum’s liquidity and robust security. ETH serves as the gas token, maintaining seamless compatibility with Ethereum’s ecosystem.

3. Data Availability via Celestia

Eclipse uses Celestia as its DA layer, allowing it to handle high throughput while ensuring data verifiability. Celestia’s Data Availability Sampling (DAS) model enables scalable transaction verification on consumer-grade hardware, providing a user-friendly and decentralized solution.

Luganodes X Eclipse

As a RPC node provider for Eclipse, Luganodes ensures the network's security, scalability, and seamless accessibility. By providing reliable RPC nodes for Eclipse, we ensure secure and efficient access to the network, supporting its interactions with Ethereum’s settlement layer.

Additionally, our high-performance RPC endpoints support SVM environments, enabling smooth interactions for diverse dApps. Together, Luganodes and Eclipse share a vision of innovation and decentralization, unlocking the full potential of Ethereum Layer 2 solutions.

Conclusion

Eclipse is setting a new benchmark for blockchain scalability by combining Solana’s execution speed, Ethereum’s security, and Celestia’s data availability. This powerful combination enables developers to build scalable, secure, and cost-efficient applications on Ethereum’s ecosystem. Luganodes is proud to support Eclipse in this journey, providing the infrastructure needed to drive its adoption and success.

About Luganodes

Luganodes is a world-class, Swiss-operated, non-custodial blockchain infrastructure provider that has rapidly gained recognition in the industry for offering institutional-grade services. It was born out of the Lugano Plan B Program, an initiative driven by Tether and the City of Lugano. Luganodes maintains an exceptional 99.9% uptime with round-the-clock monitoring by SRE experts. With support for 45+ PoS networks, it ranks among the top validators on Polygon, Polkadot, Sui, and Tron. Luganodes prioritizes security and compliance, holding the distinction of being one of the first staking providers to adhere to all SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and ISO 27001 standards as well as offering Chainproof insurance to institutional clients.