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Taiko in 2023: A year in review

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...

Auctions: context, types of auctions, what is an auction from the Auction Theory Perspective and from the Mechanism Design Perspective, and EIP-1559 as a specific example

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...

Based Contestable Rollup (BCR): A configurable, multi-proof rollup design

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...

Announcing Taiko Grants Cycle 2 — a $30M program to support community builders and partners

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...

Introduction to FHE: What is FHE, how does FHE work, how is it connected to ZK and MPC, what are the FHE use cases in and outside of the blockchain, etc.

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...

ZK-Roller-Coaster #17

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...

Based Booster Rollup (BBR): A new major milestone in Taiko’s roadmap

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...

ZK-Roller-Coaster #16

This is the 16th edition of ZK-Roller-Coaster where we track and investigate the most exciting, meaningful, and crazy ZK-stuff of the prior two weeks. Special thanks to 16th edition contributors: Adul and Hlpr. 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 🍿Rollups are guilty again: “L2s don’t actually scale E...

Announcing the Taiko Community Grant winners

In July, we announced the inaugural Taiko Community Grant Program focused on discovering and supporting innovative community members who build up and build on the Taiko ecosystem. Today, we’re beyond excited to announce the grant winners! 🥳 But first, let’s take a look at some numbers.Community-first approachIn the span of just over a month, we received 92 grant applications — a number larger than expected. The majority of the applications were of high quality, and we needed extra time to go...

ZK-Roller-Coaster #15

This is the 15th edition of ZK-Roller-Coaster where we track and investigate the most exciting, meaningful, and crazy ZK-stuff of the prior two weeks. Special thanks to 15th edition contributors: Hlpr, Alexander B. 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 🍿Scroll launched their mainnet. The community is i...

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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• Layer2
• Rollups

Wrapping Up Season 6, Trailblazer Role and the Road Ahead

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