# SVM L2 on Ethereum: Bullish or Bearish SOL? with Neel Somani, Founder, Eclipse

*Author: Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman*
*Published: Sep 20, 2023*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/svm-on-ethereum-bullish-or-bearish-sol-with-neel-somani-founder-eclipse*

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Solana on Ethereum? Solana has a virtual machine called the SVM. Proponents say it’s much better than the Ethereum EVM…multi-threaded execution…now it’s coming to Ethereum in the form of an L2. 

Today on the show, we brought on CEO & Co-Founder of Eclipse, Neel Somani. Eclipse is not only a new L2 on the scene, it’s also an L2 framework, kind of like the OP Stack. It’s a superchain contender. 

This poses some very interesting questions….who wins? Does this kill Solana? 

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## TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

7:10 Motivations For Eclipse

10:50 Why is the SVM Great?

16:00 How Fee Markets Work? 

19:20 Ethereum & Eclipse Pairing

20:25 What Kind of L2 is Eclipse? 

23:25 Celestia For Data Availability? 

25:30 Security Trade-Offs? 

27:30 Transactions on Eclipse

28:00 Economics on Data Availability 

33:50 RISC Zero & Eclipse 

36:10 Modular Thesis 

41:00 Eclipses's Superchain?

44:35 Eclipse Today?

45:20 Winners vs. Losers 

46:40 Eclipse vs. Solana 

49:00 Bad for $SOL? 

52:45 Eclipse Team

53:45 Solana as an L2

55:00 Eclipse Token?

55:45 Future Ecosystems

57:05 Naming This New Tech 

58:50 Roadmap

1:00:30 Neel's Bio

1:01:50 Closing & Disclaimers

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## RESOURCES

Neel Somani

https://twitter.com/neelsalami
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