# Taiko Community Update #2

**Published by:** [Taiko Labs](https://paragraph.com/@taiko-labs/)
**Published on:** 2022-11-25
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@taiko-labs/taiko-community-update-2

## Content

Hey everyone 👋, we want to update you on the progress we’ve made since our last community update.R&DNode & ClientDeployed a Grafana dashboard to monitor our own testnet nodes / services.Deployed HIVE for the L2 nodes / services integration tests.ProtocolPublished the initial tokenomics proposal (in review), which can be viewed at the latest whitepaper.Reduced commitBlock gas cost (in review).BridgeMade progress on the bridge relayer and bridge UI.Moved stack from React to Svelte + Tailwind + daisyUI.Improved bridge documentation.ZK-EVMMiscellaneous contributions to the community ZK-EVM project such as a RETURENDATACOPY opcode implementation and circuit benchmarks.Ongoing investigation into newer proving systems (HyperPlonk, FRI based solutions) and circuit optimizations (non-native field arithmetic).AllOpen sourced taiko-mono with contributing guide.Added code coverage calculations and badges for our projects.Fleshed out requirements and design for the testnet launch.Published the Taiko jobs page.Updated all link handles to point to taikoxyz instead of taikochain.CommunityEventsTalked about Layer 2 Finality at the IOSG conference in Lisbon.DiscordAdded a new moderator, welcome ex_sxcr!WebsiteUpdated taiko.xyz with some good ‘getting started’ materials and a Talks section.Moved all presentations from Google slides to HackMD, and added them to Talks.PublicationsPublished an internal presentation from Daniel to new engineers at Taiko, explaining the Taiko protocol — this can be viewed on our new YouTube channel.Published a blog post on The Type 1 ZK-EVM.ContributorsProgress on GitPOAP for contributors has been made, you can look forward to that soon!Added contributors section to the taiko-mono README.Added issue templates so you can now easily report bugs and request features (will be recognized on our README and eligible for a GitPOAP).Thank youAs a decentralized and open source project, we’d like to thank those who have helped out in our community to improve Taiko.HV for creating a blog post: What is Taiko? For Beginnersex_sxcr for joining as a moderator and helping answer questions + provide clarity.qukuaizhao for the good vibes in Discord ❤️.Everyone else on the Discord helping to answer questions and promote learning about Ethereum and Taiko.

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