Dark Eclipse (DARK): Novel AI network using TEE tech
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to become the most disruptive technology that humanity has witnessed. However, some believe that in order to fully utilize this cutting-edge technology and prevent it from being controlled by a few large players, AI has to be fully decentralized. Dark Eclipse aims to do just that by leveraging trusted execution environments (TEEs).
The project allows developers to build, train and deploy AI agents that can autonomously interact with each other and evolve on their own. In this article, we’ll explore Dark Eclipse’s technology, use cases and tokenomics and show you how you can trade DARK on Bybit.
Key Takeaways:
Dark Eclipse is a Solana-based project that’s building a decentralized AI ecosystem powered by secure, scalable computation.
It combines trusted execution environments (TEEs) and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to support AI-driven applications, such as real-time gaming.
The DARK token fuels the ecosystem, and is now available for leveraged trading on Bybit through the DARKUSDT Perpetual contract.
What is Dark Eclipse?
Dark Eclipse is a Solana-based blockchain AI project designed to create an easily scalable ecosystem for AI-driven DApps. By integrating trusted execution environments (TEEs) and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the project addresses critical challenges faced by decentralized AI projects — namely, ensuring secure and fast data computation.
Dark Eclipse has been spearheaded by Edgar Pavlovsky, co-founder of marginfi, one of the biggest liquidity layer protocols on Solana. Pavlovsky resigned as head of marginfi in April 2024.
How does Dark Eclipse work?
DARK leverages Solana’s high-speed, low-cost transactions to support real-time interactions. Pavlovsky believes Dark Eclipse’s AI can enhance gaming by dynamically adapting to player behavior by increasing or decreasing gaming difficulty and generating personalized content.
For example, an AI agent could use Dark Eclipse’s MCP to integrate real-time data from the game (e.g., player progress), and execute secure computations in a TEE to tailor the gaming experience (such as spawning enemies or updating storylines). In order to understand this better, let's delve deeper into TEE and MCP.
Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
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A TEE is a secure zone in which sensitive computations occur in isolation. In DARK games, TEEs ensure that AI workloads remain tamperproof and secure. This technology can be used to safeguard critical computational data, be it gaming-related information or DeFi transaction details.
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
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MCP divides computational tasks into smaller, parallelizable modules that can be executed across the network. This modularity is critical for scaling AI-driven applications. By dividing a task into separate chunks, the protocol can use the processing power of thousands of nodes across the network, which can bring a level of scaling that’s difficult to achieve through a centralized structure. With Dark Eclipse, both MCP and TEEs work together to create a secure, scalable gaming ecosystem.
DARK tokenomics and market cap
As of May 7, 2025, DARK is trading at $0.01370. Since DARK was launched on Pump.fun, it doesn’t have any seed investors or insider tokens. DARK has a maximum and circulating token supply of just over 999.95 million tokens, and its fully diluted valuation is $13.69 million.
As the native token of the Dark Eclipse protocol, DARK is required to access the DARK ecosystem. It also acts as a reward token to incentivize users. In addition, the DARK CEO and community are actively discussing new features for the token.
How to trade DARK on Bybit
On Apr 27, 2025, Bybit listed the DARKUSDT Perpetual contract in its Innovation Zone. Traders can go long or short DARK with up to 20x leverage. As a new token, DARK is highly volatile, and traders should do their own research to understand the risks involved before trading.
Head to the DARKUSDT Perpetual page on Bybit to start trading now!
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