# ䷐ Taiko Alpha-2 Testnet is Live | Incentivized Testnet for node runner $TKO 🪂”

By [crazyDrops☄ ](https://paragraph.com/@crazydrops) · 2023-03-24

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“The current $ARB airdrop is bringing joy to many individuals and why not? It’s a $1000+ airdrop 💸. It’s essential not to miss out on another airdrop that could occur in the next 2–3 months.”

**• What is Taiko ?**

Taiko is a decentralized Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup.

It enables easy deployment of dApps on its network while maintaining security levels similar to Ethereum and offering lower transaction fees than on the L1 chain.

Taiko is a community-driven that operates in a decentralized and permissionless manner. It relies solely on Ethereum public data and allows anyone to run a node, and any proposer or prover can participate.

As a Type 1 ZK-EVM, Taiko is built on the Privacy & Scaling Explorations team’s work at the Ethereum Foundation, specifically on ZK-EVM circuits.

Here is first a bit of background on how Taiko works:

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First a bit of background on how Taiko works to show why this is important:  
  
On Taiko's ZK-EVM, finality is reached as soon as an L2 'block' (list of L2 txs) is proposed to Ethereum L1. This is because the state transition is deterministic at that point.

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    Withdrawals from ZK-EVMs can sometimes be done with lower latency than proof generation, because you can prove specific claims:  
      
    \* past state X is valid  
    \* no txs from account A after X, therefore  
    \* you can still withdraw coins you had in state X  
      
    Fascinating work by [@taikoxyz](https://twitter.com/taikoxyz)!
    
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    At [@taikoxyz](https://twitter.com/taikoxyz), it is our view that proof generation time is not the most important thing to currently optimize for, and we trade off faster proof gen. in favour of a maximally Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup.  
      
    There's a recent idea that may make this belief hold even stronger ![🧵](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f9f5.png)
    
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    8:41 PM • Nov 4, 2022
    
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*   **Team And funding**
    

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Taiko is co-founded by Daniel Wang, who is the founder and former CEO of Loopring.

And there is no information about funding but team said they are “well funded”

**• Testnet**

In February Taiko give a POAP as a reward to Alpha-1 testnet users

and now Taiko Alpha-2 is live, user again able to do certain task +++ anyone can run Taiko node

**• Reward**

On the alpha-2 testnet, the Taiko protocol will allocate and distribute proof rewards in $TTKO tokens to the prover. At the end of the testnet reward period, these $TTKO tokens can be redeemed for USDC.

The reward budget for provers is set at up to 50,000 USDC,

_⎘ “We already did this type of task in Aleo and ironfish incentivised testnet now time for Taiko…..”_

**• What to do now ?**

Configure your wallet:

⏤ Go to : [https://chainid.network](https://chainid.network/)

⏤ Add “Sepolia” and Taiko (Askja testnet) to wallet

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f1ddf720b4d86900c8da77c1863b552193cb81830ea4fdfa30061435452a3364.webp)

⎘ “Connect your wallet search above network click “Add chain”.”

**• Receive testnet tokens from the faucet**

⏤ Request sepETH faucet ‘Alchemy’ : [https://sepoliafaucet.com](https://sepoliafaucet.com/)

_⎘”other faucets provider in sepolia are pk910, RockX,Quecknode etc. just search sepolia faucet on google for more”_

⏤ Connect your wallet to [https://bridge.a2.taiko.xyz/](https://bridge.a2.taiko.xyz/)

⏤ now select $HORSE from the dropdown, and click “Faucet”.

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⏤ and do same for $BULL token

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/39bfc92cd6d226eeb82d826d2226676bbb4d65a2072a43b5e56032d39c6f708a.webp)

⏤ Bridge $ETH sepolia to Taiko A2

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/def1523ba530a27a673432cf76253e07440c8e18ffa2ffe47ecb4ab4139f2c87.webp)

⏤ And also bridge $BULL and $HORSE

⏤ Connect your wallet to [https://swap.a2.taiko.xyz/#/swap](https://swap.a2.taiko.xyz/#/swap)

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⏤ swap $bull to $horse and vice verse….

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⏤ Add liquidity to pool

⏤Providing feedback or share any bugs you come across on this form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD9J8\_dl2spOg7kHPAyzRSrfityz80WKtZ0APCNjq-dO8PTg/viewform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD9J8_dl2spOg7kHPAyzRSrfityz80WKtZ0APCNjq-dO8PTg/viewform)

_⎘ “Above task is not incentivised, if you want to join a incentivised testnet you have to run a node”_

**• Run a Taiko node in Phase-2**

Before you dive into this check minimum system requirements:

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_⎘ “I’m using digitalOcean vps for free (need credit card or PayPal) or you can use vultr (it’s also give you free credit but only credit card is accepted)”_

⏤ Create another Droplet (DigitalOcean)

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⏤ Choose Region and Ubuntu as image

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⏤ Create root password

⏤ Inter Hostname then “create droplet

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⏤ open console “Access Console”

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⏤ Click “Launch Droplet console” to access it

_⎘ “After successfully assess console, past code one by one, for all different VPS users… ”_

⏤ update if required `sudo apt update`

⏤ install and setup Docker:

`curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh`

`sudo sh get-docker.sh`

⏤ install docker Compose :

`sudo curl -L “https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)” -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose`

⏤ Clone Taiko file `git clone https://github.com/taikoxyz/simple-taiko-node.git`

⏤ Create new Screen `screen -S taiko`

⏤ change directory `cd simple-taiko-node`

⏤ Configure your node:

`cp .env.sample .env`

`vim .env`

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⎘ “if your screen like that ?”

⎘ “Now we need Sepolia L1 endpoint and Websockets, for that…”

⏤ Create Account on Alchemy : [http://alchemy.com/?r=3292de2320f](http://alchemy.com/?r=3292de2320f)

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⏤ Go to Dashboard Click on “Apps” dropdown and then “Create app”

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⏤ Select Ethereum and sepolia Testnet and “create app”

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⏤ Open app and click on “View Kays”

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⏤ Copy your HTTPS and WEBSOCKETS and save it in notepad

⏤ Again open console

⎘ “if you are not in Configure process open your screen `screen -r taiko` “

⏤ inter your HTTPS and Websocket that I did in image (For do this hit “i” in kayboard to insert)

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past your HTTPS after L1\_ENDPOINT\_HTTP=and WEBSOCKET after L1\_ENDPOINT\_WS=

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/bb45d631c235f1e5eb547258e3affdf4e9da3d7cf529481b9201fe8f733818ab.webp)

⏤ Enable Prover Replace false to true in ENABLE\_PROVER=

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⏤ And finally inter PROVER\_PRIVATE\_KEY (your meta#mast private kay) for that create now wallet 👇

*   **Create new burner wallet**
    

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⏤ Open wallet click “create account”

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⏤ name it and click on “create”

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⏤ Click on three dot then “account details”

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⏤ Export private key and copy it

⏤ Open Console again and past your private key after : L1\_PROVER\_PRIVATE\_KEY=

🗒 Note : your private keys will be different for every account but seed phrase will be same in meta#mask wallet

⏤ hit “esc” escape to exit insert mode

⏤ Inter :wq! To save and quite this

⏤ start node `docker compose up -d`

_⎘ “After this process, it will install and start synchronizing.”_

You can view your node logs by `docker compose logs -f`

and view the prover image’s logs

`docker compose logs -f taiko_client_prover_relayer`

• Official Guide :

[https://taiko.xyz/docs/guides/run-a-node](https://taiko.xyz/docs/guides/run-a-node)

Testnet announcement :

[https://mirror.xyz/labs.taiko.eth/A6G6TNN-CXDAhl42k\_bNHg\_20fyGcT0xH-LBBSOPNzU](https://mirror.xyz/labs.taiko.eth/A6G6TNN-CXDAhl42k_bNHg_20fyGcT0xH-LBBSOPNzU)

You can also Deploy a contract on Taiko :

and build Dapp : taiko.xyz/docs/guides/bu…

_🗒 deploy contract and build Dapp is not necessary you can skip this…._

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