2023 is in the bucks! What an amazing year it was for Taiko. From successful fundraising to tech achievements to incredible community growth, Taiko has become a whole different beast compared to what it was just a year ago. Here’s a short overview of what Taiko achieved in 2023 and what awaits us in 2024. Strap in! 🚀TestnetsWe launched four public testnets. We used each iteration as a playground for experimenting with and testing various designs and mechanisms. For example, Askja was the fir...

2023 is in the bucks! What an amazing year it was for Taiko. From successful fundraising to tech achievements to incredible community growth, Taiko has become a whole different beast compared to what it was just a year ago. Here’s a short overview of what Taiko achieved in 2023 and what awaits us in 2024. Strap in! 🚀TestnetsWe launched four public testnets. We used each iteration as a playground for experimenting with and testing various designs and mechanisms. For example, Askja was the fir...

This article has been written by Lisa A. In this article, we explore auctions in general and their application and significance in blockchain in particular. We start the context of auction evolution from the first one documented in a written form up to its application in blockchain. We then provide some basic definitions to make it easier to grab further explanations and a range of auction types starting with the most well-known like English and Dutch auctions and going to the more exotic one...

This article has been written by Lisa A. In this article, we explore auctions in general and their application and significance in blockchain in particular. We start the context of auction evolution from the first one documented in a written form up to its application in blockchain. We then provide some basic definitions to make it easier to grab further explanations and a range of auction types starting with the most well-known like English and Dutch auctions and going to the more exotic one...

We’re super excited to announce that Katla (Alpha-6) testnet is now live and accessible to everyone! Katla is the most significant testnet we’ve had so far. Let’s see what Katla brings to the table and how you can get involved.What’s new?Here’s what’s new with Katla:Implemented Based Contestable Rollup (BCR) design with multi-proofs and SGX.Updated bridge implementation, refined bridge UI, and a new feature: NFT bridging!Updated testnet stats in block explorer and status page.Let’s take a loo...

We’re super excited to announce that Katla (Alpha-6) testnet is now live and accessible to everyone! Katla is the most significant testnet we’ve had so far. Let’s see what Katla brings to the table and how you can get involved.What’s new?Here’s what’s new with Katla:Implemented Based Contestable Rollup (BCR) design with multi-proofs and SGX.Updated bridge implementation, refined bridge UI, and a new feature: NFT bridging!Updated testnet stats in block explorer and status page.Let’s take a loo...

This is the 17th edition of ZK-Roller-Coaster where we track and investigate the most exciting, meaningful, and crazy ZK-stuff of the prior two weeks. Disclaimer: this is a collection of tweets, writings, videos, and other materials; these don’t express our opinion and may not necessarily be accurate. Please do (or continue) your own research. Hold on tight! 🎢Spice of the weeks 🍿A new L2 entered the chat: Blast, Ethereum L2 with native yield for ETH and stablecoins.This offer was skepticall...

This is the 17th edition of ZK-Roller-Coaster where we track and investigate the most exciting, meaningful, and crazy ZK-stuff of the prior two weeks. Disclaimer: this is a collection of tweets, writings, videos, and other materials; these don’t express our opinion and may not necessarily be accurate. Please do (or continue) your own research. Hold on tight! 🎢Spice of the weeks 🍿A new L2 entered the chat: Blast, Ethereum L2 with native yield for ETH and stablecoins.This offer was skepticall...

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, MEV-PBS, and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Community Advocate Jünger. Hold on tight! 🎢 Disclaimer: This newsletter is neither financial advice, nor is indicative of Taiko’s position on any of the material presented. Please do your own research.Highlights 🎢Ethereum’s rollup-centric approach has resulted in multiple independent...

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, MEV-PBS, and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Community Advocate Jünger. Hold on tight! 🎢 Disclaimer: This newsletter is neither financial advice, nor is indicative of Taiko’s position on any of the material presented. Please do your own research.Highlights 🎢Ethereum’s rollup-centric approach has resulted in multiple independent...

This article is written by Taiko’s ZK Engineer CeciliaZ_. A while ago, we shared a detailed article titled “Why multi-prover matters,” explaining the significance of multi-proofs and focusing on SGX as one of the options for multi-proofs. This article is inspired by our X (Twitter) space with Vitalik and the blog post he published subsequently, which presents Taiko’s general roadmap on multi-proofs: how it relates to the endgame, what our vision is, and how we will get there. In our view, mul...

This article is written by Taiko’s ZK Engineer CeciliaZ_. A while ago, we shared a detailed article titled “Why multi-prover matters,” explaining the significance of multi-proofs and focusing on SGX as one of the options for multi-proofs. This article is inspired by our X (Twitter) space with Vitalik and the blog post he published subsequently, which presents Taiko’s general roadmap on multi-proofs: how it relates to the endgame, what our vision is, and how we will get there. In our view, mul...

This article has been written by Taiko Cofounder and CEO Daniel Wang.TL;DRIn this article, we introduce the Based Contestable Rollup (BCR) architecture, examine its advantages and disadvantages, and present our argument for its suitability as the optimal design framework for Ethereum rollups.ContentsWhat sets Taiko apartProof trustworthinessBased Contestable RollupMulti-proof systemProver availabilityDynamic configuration adjustmentsCost vs. security tradeoffsGuardian proversOur next testnetW...

This article has been written by Taiko Cofounder and CEO Daniel Wang.TL;DRIn this article, we introduce the Based Contestable Rollup (BCR) architecture, examine its advantages and disadvantages, and present our argument for its suitability as the optimal design framework for Ethereum rollups.ContentsWhat sets Taiko apartProof trustworthinessBased Contestable RollupMulti-proof systemProver availabilityDynamic configuration adjustmentsCost vs. security tradeoffsGuardian proversOur next testnetW...

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, MEV-PBS, and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Community Advocate Jünger. Hold on tight! 🎢 Disclaimer: This newsletter is neither financial advice, nor is indicative of Taiko’s position on any of the material presented. Please do your own research.Highlights 🎢Taiko’s Katla Testnet (Alpha-6) is now live! In this testnet, Taiko int...

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, MEV-PBS, and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Community Advocate Jünger. Hold on tight! 🎢 Disclaimer: This newsletter is neither financial advice, nor is indicative of Taiko’s position on any of the material presented. Please do your own research.Highlights 🎢Taiko’s Katla Testnet (Alpha-6) is now live! In this testnet, Taiko int...

Today we are very excited to announce the launch of Taiko Grants Cycle 2! Cycle 2 is an expanded version of our inaugural Taiko Community Grant Program (Cycle 1), for which we announced the winners a few weeks ago. We have decided to keep a similar format to our inaugural program but significantly expanded both the size ($30m in total) and scope in Cycle 2 to cover three different tracks — Community, Partner, and RFP. Our objective continues to be the discovery and support of innovative proje...

Today we are very excited to announce the launch of Taiko Grants Cycle 2! Cycle 2 is an expanded version of our inaugural Taiko Community Grant Program (Cycle 1), for which we announced the winners a few weeks ago. We have decided to keep a similar format to our inaugural program but significantly expanded both the size ($30m in total) and scope in Cycle 2 to cover three different tracks — Community, Partner, and RFP. Our objective continues to be the discovery and support of innovative proje...

Ethereum adopted a rollup-centric roadmap a few years ago. Since then, the community has come up with a variety of different rollup designs, all aiming to scale our beloved blockchain in one way or another. Today, we want to elaborate on a new rollup design that we introduced a few months ago. We believe that this new design comes very close to being a native Ethereum scaling solution. We call it a Based Booster Rollup (BBR). Let’s take a look at the Based Booster Rollup vision.Based and boos...

Ethereum adopted a rollup-centric roadmap a few years ago. Since then, the community has come up with a variety of different rollup designs, all aiming to scale our beloved blockchain in one way or another. Today, we want to elaborate on a new rollup design that we introduced a few months ago. We believe that this new design comes very close to being a native Ethereum scaling solution. We call it a Based Booster Rollup (BBR). Let’s take a look at the Based Booster Rollup vision.Based and boos...

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, MEV-PBS, and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Community Advocate Jünger. Hold on tight! 🎢 Disclaimer: This newsletter is neither financial advice, nor is indicative of Taiko’s position on any of the material presented. Please do your own research.Highlights 🎢Vitalik discussed the potential of combining crypto and AI. He categori...

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, MEV-PBS, and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Community Advocate Jünger. Hold on tight! 🎢 Disclaimer: This newsletter is neither financial advice, nor is indicative of Taiko’s position on any of the material presented. Please do your own research.Highlights 🎢Vitalik discussed the potential of combining crypto and AI. He categori...

Special thanks to Leo Fan for invaluable inputs and to Tomer Solberg for feedback and review.TL;DRIn this article, we briefly explain what FHE is and how it works, consider its use cases in and outside of blockchain, and cover open issues and constraints. Finally, we also mention some blockchain FHE projects and provide a list for further reading. ContentIntroductionHow FHE worksFHE use casesFHE concernsFHE technical detailsA side note on latticesBrief (not really brief) observation of how th...

Special thanks to Leo Fan for invaluable inputs and to Tomer Solberg for feedback and review.TL;DRIn this article, we briefly explain what FHE is and how it works, consider its use cases in and outside of blockchain, and cover open issues and constraints. Finally, we also mention some blockchain FHE projects and provide a list for further reading. ContentIntroductionHow FHE worksFHE use casesFHE concernsFHE technical detailsA side note on latticesBrief (not really brief) observation of how th...