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The Rollup Coaster #29

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 Trail 7: Gaming on Taiko

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....

Update on Multi-Proofs: Introducing SP1 to Raiko

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...

The Rollup Coaster #28

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...

Rollup-Centric Considerations of Based Preconfimations (Part 1)

This article is written by @CeciliaZ_ with special thanks to Lin Oshitani, Conor McMenamin, Jonas Bostoen, Christian Matt for the reviews 🎉 You can also find it on EthResearch. **Note: the designs in this article are subject to change💡 TLDR This article introduces how we transition from Taiko to Gwyneth - our prospective rollup design with based preconfirmations and synchronous composability. Gwyneth is at the frontier of our research effort for the second half of 2024, and it will be the f...

The Trailblazers’ 6th challenge is here: NFTs on Taiko!

The Trailblazers: Call of Taiko campaign moves forward, and we’re excited to announce the Trail 6 challenge! This week, we’re introducing the Android Faction Badge and inviting you to create a collection, buy and trade NFTs with any NFT dApp on Taiko. Let’s dive into the details of this week’s challenge and how you can earn your badge. Trail 6 Challenge: From July 29 to August 11, create a collection, buy and trade NFTs using any dApp mentioned below. This is a fantastic opportunity to earn X...

Taiko Trailblazers: Mid-Season Update & Future Activities

Taiko Trailblazers Campaign: Milestone and Exciting Road Ahead! The Trailblazers campaign has been a roaring success, and we're just over half way through the 1st season!! Your enthusiasm and participation have been phenomenal. Let’s dive into our incredible journey and look forward to what’s next!Key Milestones and Achievements400k Faction Badges MintedOver 40 Projects have joined our Trailblazers program, making our ecosystem stronger than ever.12M Taiko Rewards: A massive 12 million T...

Taiko Protocol: Token Allocation, Vesting, & Unlock Schedule

OverviewAs part of our commitment to transparency, we're sharing details of our token lock-up and vesting plan for team members and investors. This plan is designed to foster long-term commitment and a sustainable ecosystem for all stakeholders.Token Allocation BreakdownInvestors: 11.62% of total token supplyTaiko Labs Core Team (first exercise)¹: 9.81695% of total token supplyVesting and Unlock ScheduleVesting Period: 4 yearsInitial Lock-up: 12 months from Token Generation Event (TGE)TG...

The Rollup Coaster #27

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, MEV/PBS/SUAVE, 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 🎢We left EthCC behind last week...

Taiko's Post-Mainnet Launch: Optimizations and Future Roadmap

Since our Mainnet launch, the Taiko team has been diligently working on optimizing our based rollup protocol. We're proud to announce that we've successfully reduced L1 gas costs by over 30% while maintaining contract upgradability. As we continue to refine our gas optimization strategies, we're now shifting our focus to exciting new features and improvements.Gas used per blockWe've identified several key areas for development, which may be prioritized and organized into d...

L2 MEV wat

Special thanks to Nikete Della Penna, RJ, Matthew Finestone, and Brecht Devos for review and valuable insights.TLDRIn this article, we “map” the current landscape of L2 MEV, thinking about different MEV consequences for different L2 designs. We also briefly overview different ways of L2s decentralization and how it might impact L2 MEV.Wat is MEVDisclaimer: feel free to skip if you are familiar with MEV. For a detailed MEV explanation, check the article “Ethereum is a dark forest” by Paradigm ...

Eldfell L3 (alpha-4) is live!

Taiko’s fourth testnet has arrived! Eldfell L3 (alpha-4) is our first experiment with inception layers and a new staking based proving design. We are launching this testnet in order to test two things:Deploying Taiko on Taiko as an L3 inception layer (a rollup on a rollup 😏)Testing a new staking based prover economicsOur alpha-N releases are always experiments to test our hypothesis on the protocol and build a more robust system. So let's dive in!Inception layersInception layers are a n...

Based Rollup FAQ

Special thanks to Brecht, Archie, and Dave for comments and review. TL;DR In this article, we briefly cover a general rollup architecture and the rollup properties required for long-term robustness and safety. Then, we mention the origination history of the based rollup and unpack its architecture. In the FAQ section, we answer questions about based rollups. Disclaimer: rollup definitions struggle from lack of alignment sometimes. In this article, we refer to the rollup layers taxonomy provid...

ZK-EVM types: Ethereum-equivalent, EVM-equivalent, Type 1, Type 4, and other cryptic buzzwords

TL;DR A year ago, quite a few ZK-EVMs announced the upcoming launch of testnets. The community wondered what the difference between all these projects was and what Ethereum-equivalence, EVM-equivalence, and other popped-up buzzwords meant. To bring clarity, Vitalik wrote an article, “The different types of ZK-EVMs,” providing a taxonomy for different types of ZK-EVMs and explaining the difference. The core idea is: Type 1 (e.g., Taiko) is perfectly Ethereum-equivalent, and Type 4 (e.g., zkSyn...

Closing in on Stage 1: The Shasta Upgrade Is Almost Here!

A redesign of Taiko’s protocol that reduces proposing costs by over 20x and supports permissionless preconfirmations.

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Wrapping Up Season 6, Trailblazer Role and the Road Ahead

Greetings, Trailblazers. Learn about the Season 6 rewards and the future of Trailblazers program.