# Essential Docs

## Essential Docs

- [Welcome to Essential](https://docs.essential.builders/introduction/welcome-to-essential.md): Essential is the first declarative blockchain. Join us on our mission to accelerate the transition from value extraction to intent satisfaction.
- [Build on Essential](https://docs.essential.builders/introduction/build-on-essential.md)
- [Declarative vs. Imperative Concepts](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-vs.-imperative-concepts.md)
- [Declarative vs. Imperative Programming](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-vs.-imperative-concepts/declarative-vs.-imperative-programming.md)
- [Imperative Pitfalls Pt. 1 (Sub-Optimal Outcomes)](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-vs.-imperative-concepts/imperative-pitfalls-pt.-1-sub-optimal-outcomes.md)
- [Imperative Pitfalls Pt. 2 (Execution Bottleneck)](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-vs.-imperative-concepts/imperative-pitfalls-pt.-2-execution-bottleneck.md)
- [Early Declarative Applications: The Intent Narrative](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-vs.-imperative-concepts/early-declarative-applications-the-intent-narrative.md)
- [Declarative Blockchains](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-blockchains.md)
- [What is a Declarative Blockchain?](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-blockchains/what-is-a-declarative-blockchain.md)
- [Criterion 1: Constraints on State](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-blockchains/what-is-a-declarative-blockchain/criterion-1-constraints-on-state.md)
- [Criterion 2: State Updates Without Execution](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-blockchains/what-is-a-declarative-blockchain/criterion-2-state-updates-without-execution.md)
- [The Declarative Landscape](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-blockchains/the-declarative-landscape.md)
- [Declarative Blockchain Advantages](https://docs.essential.builders/learn/declarative-blockchains/declarative-blockchain-advantages.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.essential.builders/protocol-overview/overview.md)
- [Contracts, Predicates, and Constraints](https://docs.essential.builders/protocol-overview/contracts-predicates-and-constraints.md)
- [Pint](https://docs.essential.builders/protocol-overview/pint.md)
- [User Data and Solutions](https://docs.essential.builders/protocol-overview/user-data-and-solutions.md)
- [Applications](https://docs.essential.builders/protocol-overview/applications.md)
- [Press Kit and Brand Assets](https://docs.essential.builders/additional-resources/press-kit-and-brand-assets.md)