ABOUT ESSENTIAL The first declarative blockchain. Essential is a declarative intent-centric layer-2 blockchain, deploying as an optimistic rollup on Ethereum. In imperative blockchain systems, users are fighting a constant battle against intermediaries who are incentivized to give them the worst possible outcome that’s still technically valid. The declarative approach reverses this long-standing dynamic. By leveraging constraints to remove the need for execution, Essential enables developers to build scalable applications that optimize for the best user outcomes.