Eclipse

This Eclipse is a crypto network. It has no link to the Eclipse code editor. Eclipse is an Ethereum Layer 2 that runs the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), the engine that runs apps on Solana. Apps built for Solana can run on Eclipse. Your funds come over a bridge from Ethereum, and you pay fees in ETH.

The network opened to the public in November 2024. Its token, ES, launched in July 2025. The project has changed course since then. Eclipse Labs cut most of its staff in August 2025. In June 2026 the team said ES is now the token for Human API, a phone app that pays people to record data for AI firms.

How Eclipse works: SVM execution, Ethereum settlement, Celestia data

Eclipse splits the work of a blockchain across three networks. Transactions run on a fork of Solana's software. The bridge that holds user funds lives on Ethereum. The transaction data is published to Celestia, a separate network built to store rollup data cheaply.

The Eclipse docs say the execution layer is "a direct fork of Solana's open-source repository". That means Solana tools, wallets and programs work with small changes. The SVM can run transactions that touch different accounts at the same time, which is why Eclipse fees are low.

Eclipse is designed as an optimistic rollup. In that design, the operator posts results to Ethereum and anyone can challenge a wrong result with a fraud proof. Eclipse plans to build those proofs with RISC Zero, a zero-knowledge proving system. They are not live. The project's own security page says that today "the system allows invalid state roots to be submitted without on-chain challenge". The Risk section below covers what that means for you.

At Breakpoint 2024, the Eclipse team laid out the pitch in a product keynote, and a panel debated whether SVM chains on Ethereum compete with Solana itself.

Eclipse bridge, wallets and gas fees

You use Eclipse by bridging ETH from Ethereum through the official Eclipse bridge, then paying fees in ETH from a Solana-style wallet. Deposits arrive in two to three minutes, according to the Eclipse docs. Withdrawals back to Ethereum wait through a seven-day window before you can claim them.

ETH is the native token on Eclipse, and the docs state there is no other native token for the network. Fees follow Solana's fee logic but are priced in ETH. The docs page on differences from Solana says the base fee per signature and the rent paid to store data were both cut to 100 times cheaper than Solana's settings, and that no part of the fee is burned.

Beyond the official bridge, the docs list Hyperlane for moving tokens between Eclipse, Ethereum and Solana, and Pyth Network PYTH$0.095+10.8% and Switchboard for price feeds. In May 2024 Eclipse announced a plan to add Ethereum-style smart contract support through the Neon Stack, from the team behind Neon EVM NEON$0.00432-12.8%.

One Eclipse product is being wound down. tETH, a token that pooled several Ethereum restaking tokens, "is being sunset", per its docs page. Holders can redeem tETH but can no longer mint it, and redemptions can take up to seven days.

Eclipse ES token: supply, tokenomics and unlocks

ES is the Eclipse token. Its supply is fixed at 1 billion. ES launched on 16 July 2025, and early users got a tenth of the supply in an airdrop. In June 2026 the Eclipse Foundation changed how the supply is split and what the token is for. ES is now tied to the Human API app.

At launch, ES was pitched as a token for voting on the network's future. It could also pay network fees through a paymaster, a service that takes one token and pays gas in another. The Block reported the launch split: 15% for the airdrop and liquidity, with the rest held by the foundation, the team and investors.

The foundation's updated tokenomics post, dated 9 June 2026, sets out a new split. The freely traded share rose to 24%, and the foundation and team shares fell:

The same post says a third of team and investor tokens unlocked on 16 July 2026. The rest unlock in equal parts each month for two years. The post also says "the Foundation has sold a portion of its treasury". It gives no amount, price or buyer.

ES exists on three chains: Eclipse, Ethereum and Solana. The Eclipse docs list the Solana mint as BqPqrrQuoQXFGGEAEMnPmDgZ6RWQCajWnY3V6Yp4DZWP. Check any ES token against the addresses in the docs before you trade. Other tokens use similar names.

Human API and the Eclipse pivot from infrastructure to apps

Human API is a marketplace where AI companies and AI agents pay people for data and tasks. It is built by Eclipse Labs, the company behind the Eclipse network. It launched on 13 January 2026 with voice recording as its first product, and it is now the main focus of the Eclipse team.

The shift began on 25 August 2025, when Eclipse Labs cut 65% of its staff and named Sydney Huang as CEO. Huang told The Block that "the next chapter is about serving end users and building those applications in-house". The company said it would keep running the Layer 2.

Human API was the result. Its launch announcement describes contributors recording speech in many languages on their phones, and says the platform had already made paid data deliveries to enterprise customers. By June 2026 the foundation put the app at more than 100,000 users, and the Eclipse account on X was offering that cohort to buyers of labelled audio data.

What ES does inside Human API is still open. The June 2026 post says there will be no separate Human API token, and lists three uses the team is exploring: instant on-chain payouts, higher earnings for users who choose to be paid in ES, and higher earnings for users who stake ES. None is described as live. The Human API website did not mention ES or Eclipse when we checked it in October 2026.

Who Eclipse is for

Eclipse suits two narrow groups. One is Solana developers who want to reach people holding ETH without rewriting their code. The other is ETH holders who want Solana-style apps and low fees, and who accept a trusted operator. It is a poor fit if you need a guaranteed exit to Ethereum.

If you are a developer, weigh the tooling against the audience. Solana programs and wallets carry over, but the team that used to support outside builders is much smaller than it was in 2024. In June 2026 the Eclipse account told builders to "reach out directly" for RPC support.

If you are looking at ES as a token, the question has changed. ES no longer depends mainly on activity on the Eclipse network. It depends on whether Human API grows and whether the team gives ES a working role in that app.

Is Eclipse safe? Multisig control, missing fraud proofs and other risks

Eclipse asks you to trust the people who run it. Fraud proofs are not live. A small group of signers can change the bridge contracts with no delay. If the operator stops, you have no way to force a transaction or a withdrawal.

Independent tracker L2BEAT does not give Eclipse a rollup stage. It lists the network as "Other" because the proof system is not working and there is no data bridge from Celestia to Ethereum. Its main findings, checked in October 2026:

• The bridge contracts are controlled by two multisigs, wallets that need several signers to act. One needs 3 of 4 signers and the other 3 of 5. Upgrades take effect with no delay, so a bad upgrade could take user funds before anyone can leave.
• Only approved operators can post results and authorise withdrawals. If they stop, withdrawals freeze.
• If the sequencer, the single service that orders transactions, goes down or censors you, there is no backup route.
• Transaction data lives on Celestia only, with no fallback on Ethereum.

Eclipse's own docs agree on the substance. They state that the current setup places "trust in Eclipse Labs and the multisig operators to behave correctly", and describe fraud proofs and upgrade timelocks as planned work.

Eclipse runs a bug bounty on Immunefi with rewards of up to $1 million, launched in September 2024. We could not find a public audit report covering the bridge contracts, so we do not cite one.

The token carries separate risks. Korean exchange Bithumb placed ES under a trading warning on 5 June 2026 and announced on 19 June 2026 that it would end trading support. Insider tokens have been unlocking monthly since July 2026. The foundation has sold treasury tokens without disclosing terms. And the team's attention has moved to an app whose use of ES is not yet defined.

Eclipse vs Solana and other Ethereum Layer 2s

Eclipse lets you use Solana-style apps and pay fees in ETH. The trade-off is trust. Solana is run by many validators. Eclipse is run by one operator and a small group of signers.

Against Solana itself, the gain is that you can use ETH without a third-party bridge. The cost is a much smaller set of apps and a single sequencer. If your funds are already on Solana, Eclipse adds a bridge step and little else.

Against Ethereum rollups such as Arbitrum or Base, Eclipse offers Solana's tools and its way of running many transactions at once. Those networks run Ethereum's own engine, so Ethereum apps work on them as they are. On Eclipse an app must be written for Solana or use a translation layer. L2BEAT has a page for each network where you can compare its proofs and upgrade rules with Eclipse's.

Eclipse founder, CEO, funding and history

Neel Somani founded Eclipse in 2022. Sydney Huang has been CEO since August 2025. Eclipse raised about $65 million, The Block reported. Its backers include Placeholder, Hack VC, Polychain Capital, Delphi Digital and Tribe Capital.

Key dates:

• 2022: Somani starts Eclipse Labs to build custom SVM chains, backed by a $15 million seed round.
• 19 September 2023: Eclipse announces its switch to a single Ethereum Layer 2 running the SVM.
• 11 March 2024: $50 million Series A, co-led by Placeholder and Hack VC.
• May 2024: Somani reduces his public role after harassment allegations surface on social media, which he denied, The Block reported. Vijay Chetty leads the company as CEO.
• 7 November 2024: Mainnet opens to the public, with more than 60 apps according to Eclipse.
• January 2025: The Eclipse Foundation is set up to govern the protocol.
• 16 July 2025: ES token launch and airdrop.
• 25 August 2025: Chetty leaves, Huang becomes CEO, and 65% of staff are cut.
• Late 2025: Somani steps down as Executive Chairman to work on machine learning research, per The Block.
• 13 January 2026: Human API launches.
• 9 June 2026: The foundation publishes revised ES tokenomics and ties ES to Human API.

The official Eclipse blog has published one post since July 2025, the tokenomics update. The network was still running when we checked in October 2026: the team reported a mainnet node upgrade in June 2026, and the bridge and docs remain online.