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Modular Solana VM rollups with Neel Somani from Eclipse - Celestia Spotlight #1

Episode Notes

Welcome to the first episode of Celestia Spotlight where we hear from the people at the forefront of the modular movement. For the first episode, we welcome Neel from Eclipse!

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Timestamps 🕒

0:00 start

1:34 Neel’s start in crypto

3:30 Falling down the modular rabbit hole

5:15 What is Eclipse?

8:30 The settlement layer ecosystem

12:33 Why the Solana VM?

16:11 Difference between rollups vs sovereign rollups

19:00 The Eclipse settlement layer

20:45 Enterprise rollups

24:28 Using the Solana VM in a rollup

27:41 IBC bridge compatibility

31:53 Using Celestia for data availability

39:48 Network effects of data availability layers

41:03 Evolution of the modular blockchain ecosystem

44:13 Eclipse’s roadmap

46:50 Finding out more about eclipse

47:16 Final remarks

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