Taiko Labs

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, based sequencing/preconfirmations, TEEs, MEV/PBS and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Researcher 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 🎢Yet another SGX vulnerability Last week...

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, based sequencing/preconfirmations, TEEs, MEV/PBS and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Researcher 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 🎢Max Resnick joined the Bankless episode...

TL;DR Rollup centric roadmap caused fragmented and separated blockchains. This fragmentation caused lack of value transfer between rollups. As a solution to this problem, shared sequencer mechanisms emerged such as Espresso, Astria and Radius. But this solution inherently requires new trust assumptions. Because such a layer has to have its own security set. If we want to build a shared sequencing layer for rollups, Ethereum is the most credible neutral layer that we can build/use as shared se...

Thanks to Jim, Brecht, Cecilia and Lauri for review. TL;DRBinary fields {0,1} are fundamental in cryptography, offering efficient operations for digital systems.SNARKs (Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge) use fields for complex calculations and proofs.Current trend; reducing field size in SNARKs for better efficiency (i.e., Mersenne Prime fields and tower of binary fields).Binary fields can build a "tower" structure: F2 → F2^2 → F2^4 → F2^8 → ..., allowing flexible computations.A...

Season 1 snapshot has officially been taken, and Season 2 is now underway. A big congratulations, and a deep thank you to all those that participated in Season 1. You can find all the Season 1 conclusion details in our previous article, but if you’re ready to learn more about Season 2 keep reading.Duration and RewardHere is the timeline for Season 2:Start Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 00:00 UTCEnd Date: Monday, December 16, 2024, 23:59 UTCDuration: 91 days, 13 weeksThe Rewards for Season...

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, based sequencing/preconfirmations, TEEs, MEV/PBS and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Researcher 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 🎢 Preconfirmation demo day is over. L2 p...

It's been an incredible 90 days since we announced the mainnet launch of Taiko, the very first based rollup! In this short time, we've not only achieved remarkable milestones but also reshaped the Ethereum community's understanding of rollups. Taiko has proven that a rollup can be fully compatible with Ethereum, both technically and philosophically. This journey wouldn't have been possible without our incredible community – thank you for your unwavering support and enthusi...

We are thrilled to announce that Taiko’s multi-prover adopts SP1 as a ZK Prover to secure L2 execution. SP1 is a performant, open-source zero-knowledge virtual machine (zkVM) developed by Succinct Labs. By executing Taiko’s block builder based on Reth, an Ethereum client in Rust, we leverage SP1 to derive succinct proofs to validate the rollup state. Additionally, we are enthusiastic about our collaboration with Succinct and proud to contribute to SP1’s precompile ecosystem.A Recap of Multi-P...

With the launch of the Taiko mainnet earlier this year, we also launched the Trailblazers program. This initiative was designed to inspire curiosity and exploration of the Taiko ecosystem, with the added benefit of rewarding our most dedicated network participants. Despite a few rough patches along the way, Season 1 has been a great success. We saw dozens of projects deploying on Taiko, including some native projects choosing Taiko as their home. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of partici...

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, based sequencing/preconfirmations, TEEs, MEV/PBS and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Researcher 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 🎢Shared sequencer debates in progressRus...

The Trailblazers: Call of Taiko campaign continues with some great news for the new trail! Considering the fame around gaming on Taiko, we’re excited to announce the 7th trail will also be the gaming trail and it will last for 2 weeks! Enough time to play games you played on the previous trail but also to explore the new games coming to Taiko!Trail 7 Challenge:From August 12 to August 25, when you play games on Taiko and perform in-game on-chain activity you will earn a Drummer Faction badge....

Exciting news, Trailblazers! We’re thrilled to announce that the Call of Taiko, in collaboration with Stargate Finance and several other DeFi protocols, is launching a special Trail to end Season 1 of Trailblazer with a bang. Starting on August 19th, 2024, this initiative aims to unify liquidity and reduce asset fragmentation across Taiko-based dApps and ecosystem projects. Since we take pride in both DeFi and Gaming, we’re wrapping up Season 1 with overlapping Trails. You can earn both the D...