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Taiko Alpha-1 Testnet Guide

A Type 1 ZK-EVM

Fully decentralized, Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup.

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Use the bridge

Use the bridge for the following actions:

  • Bridge ETH between Ethereum A1 and Taiko A1

  • Bridge HORSE between Ethereum A1 and Taiko A1

https://bridge.a1.taiko.xyz/

Deploy a contrack

These steps will show you how to deploy a smart contract to Taiko A1 using Foundry. You can find the latest Foundry docs at the Foundry Book: https://book.getfoundry.sh/getting-started/first-steps. This guide uses snippets / examples from there.

Steps:

https://taiko.xyz/docs/alpha-1-testnet/deploy-a-contract

Run a node

This is arguably the most important part of the testnet! Taiko is fully decentralized and relies on the community to run nodes.

Steps :

https://github.com/taikoxyz/simple-taiko-node/blob/main/README.md

Explore the network

Taiko's Alpha-1 testnet consists of L1 / L2 nodes with all Taiko protocol contracts deployed. The mining interval of the L1 node is set to 12 seconds.

Endpoints

L1

L2

Contrak addresses

L1

  • TaikoL1: 0x7B3AF414448ba906f02a1CA307C56c4ADFF27ce7

  • TokenVault: 0xD0dfd5baCf160B97C8eE3ecb463F18c08673160c

  • Bridge: 0x3612E284D763f42f5E4CB72B1602b23DAEC3cA60

L2

  • TaikoL2: 0x0000777700000000000000000000000000000001

  • TokenVault: 0x0000777700000000000000000000000000000002

  • EtherVault: 0x0000777700000000000000000000000000000003

  • Bridge: 0x0000777700000000000000000000000000000004