# The Rollup Coaster #33

**Published by:** [Taiko Labs](https://paragraph.com/@taiko-labs/)
**Published on:** 2024-11-02
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@taiko-labs/the-rollup-coaster-33

## Content

The Rollup Coaster is a newsletter diving into Ethereum’s dynamic ecosystem, focusing on rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, based sequencing/preconfirmations, TEEs, MEV/PBS, and more. This edition is crafted by Taiko’s Community Success Manager Oleh. Hold on tight! 🎢 Disclaimer: This newsletter is not financial advice nor a reflection of Taiko’s official stance. Conduct your own research.Highlights 🎢Vitalik Buterin released a series of six comprehensive articles outlining Ethereum’s roadmap:The Merge — Shift from PoW to the more sustainable PoSThe Surge — Scaling through sharding and rollupsThe Scourge — MEV minimization and transparencyThe Verge — Verkle trees to reduce data storageThe Purge — Reducing historical data loadThe Splurge — Final tweaks for Ethereum optimizationZK and Rollup Research 🧙Polynya’s article explores Ethereum L1 scaling roadmap.Fede Intern’s discusses building a fully decentralized zk-rollup, reclaiming crypto’s original values.0xBreadguy explores finality in zk-rollups, discussing how zk-rollups can achieve faster and more secure transaction finalization.Vacp2p delves into testing six promising zkVMs to identify the best fit for their Nescience zkVM architecture.2077 Research examines Ethereum’s rollup-centric scaling approach, highlighting the need for better integration between Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions.Pod Network has posted a research introducing a blockless, leaderless auction system for fast, fair, and censorship-resistant auctions in decentralized environments.ZK and Rollup Updates 🗞️Fuel Network launches Mainnet with Fuel Ignition.Uniswap introduces UniChain — a new Layer 2 for DeFi.Scroll ZKP takes its first step toward decentralization with the launch of the token.zkSync announces its first governance proposal.0xCygaar highlights a new EIP proposal to boost Ethereum’s throughput by 50%.Milkroad reports a new all-time high as Ethereum Layer 2s surpass 32M active addresses in September.Astria announces that its mainnet is now live, introducing the Decentralized Sequencing Layer.Kraken announces Ink, a new Layer 2 solution launching in 2025.Based Sequencing and Preconfirmations 😎Gwyneth from Taiko explains preconfirmation for rollups.Risc Zero has achieved 25 MHz in e2e performance with Taiko.Lemniscap publishes “Make Ethereum Whole Again”, a report on based rollups, preconfirmations, and their potential to solve key challenges in Ethereum's future.FabricCrypto announces that Boundless will be accelerated with the Verifiable Processing Unit (VPU), a new class of processor designed specially for cryptography.Risc Zero introduces Steel 1.0 - a production-ready smart contract prover bringing boundless runtime to EVM apps.TEEs (Trusted Execution Environments) 🫣Fleek explains Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and why projects leverage them.Polygon Ventures explores the role of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) in the rise of appchains.MEV/PBS 🔍Kakia1989 presents a new paper examining the impact of the TimeBoost policy on arbitrageurs and MEV.Nethermind’s preconfirming solution integrates the existing Ethereum PBS pipeline into based rollup block building.Join us 💗Explore open positions on our job board.Follow us 🥁Get the latest from Taiko:Website: https://taiko.xyz.Discord: https://discord.gg/taikoxyz.GitHub: https://github.com/taikoxyz.Twitter: https://twitter.com/taikoxyz.Community forum: https://community.taiko.xyz.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@taikoxyz.Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/taikoxyz.Contribute 🤓Contribute to Taiko on GitHub and earn a GitPOAP! You will also be featured as a contributor on our README. Get started with the contributing manual.

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